King using the N word a lot.

[Squire]

Well, if you stick with reading A.A. Milne and Beatrix Potter, you're pretty safe. And Boxcar children mysteries. Hardy Boys and Nancy Drew are safe bets--from 1960 editions on. The ones that have only 20 chapters (the originals had 24 chapters and contain some language that might some offensive to modern sensibilities).

In the original HB#1adventure The Tower Treasure, Slim Robinson, a black/Italian teenager, thanks Frank and Joe Hardy for being "mighty white" for proving his father's innocence.

I still have a Little Golden Book of Little Black Sambo, so you might stay away from those, too.

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Squire wrote: "Well, if you stick with reading A.A. Milne and Beatrix Potter, you're pretty safe. And Boxcar children mysteries. Hardy Boys and Nancy Drew are safe bets--from 1960 editions on. The ones that have ..."

Now I've stopped laughing I wish to say that, personally, I don't have an issue with the word in question one way or another. If I read it then I've read it. If I hear it in a Tarantino film, then I've heard it. Even though I wrote my comments in the first person I was actually commenting on behalf of other people who would be offended by the word, I'm sure they're out there.

[Squire]

@Merv Glad you saw the humor (hopefully with a little bite to it) I was going for. But when I put aside the Hardy Boys (the 1960s editions) and entered the world of adult popular literature, I realized I'd have to adjust to things I may not be completely ready for, so I understand the necessity for this conversation. I never had groups to discuss these things with. I had to go seek out other sources and treatises to read and trust my gut reactions.

[Dave]

Being offended is part of the journey when reading, much like the journey of life . I was shocked and angry about the cat killing scene in the Apt Pupil, it really hit me between the eyes but after I put the book down and thought about it it was an appropriate trope for the villain ( a nazi who worked for Hitler)

[Squire]

Well said, Dave.

[F.C.]

Dave wrote: "Being offended is part of the journey when reading, much like the journey of life . I was shocked and angry about the cat killing scene in the Apt Pupil, it really hit me between the eyes but after..." You hit the nail on the head, my friend.