http://www.babygotbooks.com/2008/07/02/we-cant-handle-it/ Your head will collapse if there's nothing in it Tue, 07 Feb 2012 12:16:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.babygotbooks.com/2008/07/02/we-cant-handle-it/comment-page-1/#comment-294664 Baby Got Books » Still Can’t Handle It Thu, 20 Aug 2009 12:17:13 +0000 http://www.babygotbooks.com/?p=1250#comment-294664 [...] would all be very surprising, only it isn’t.  In July of 2008, I posted about similar shenanigans for three award-winning [...] [...] would all be very surprising, only it isn’t.  In July of 2008, I posted about similar shenanigans for three award-winning [...]

]]> http://www.babygotbooks.com/2008/07/02/we-cant-handle-it/comment-page-1/#comment-112810 Tim Wed, 02 Jul 2008 14:11:57 +0000 http://www.babygotbooks.com/?p=1250#comment-112810 I'll post any additional examples that I come across now that I've established a definitive "trend" (i.e., three data points)... I’ll post any additional examples that I come across now that I’ve established a definitive “trend” (i.e., three data points)…

]]> http://www.babygotbooks.com/2008/07/02/we-cant-handle-it/comment-page-1/#comment-112806 Michael Wed, 02 Jul 2008 14:07:26 +0000 http://www.babygotbooks.com/?p=1250#comment-112806 I really hope you keep documenting and compiling these examples. I presume that publishers fear that anything that uses the word "Negro" or looks too "black" will get shelved in the "African American studies" corner be regarded as a "black thing"? I mean, that's a pretty appalling concern at this point in time. I really hope you keep documenting and compiling these examples. I presume that publishers fear that anything that uses the word “Negro” or looks too “black” will get shelved in the “African American studies” corner be regarded as a “black thing”? I mean, that’s a pretty appalling concern at this point in time.

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