It is comforting to see that this form of hysteria is on both sides of the ocean. I do not feel as isolated as I did. Students???, I wonder if they read the poem before washing it away. The White Man's Burden ? Did any of them read it??
DRG
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>From: Yan <[log in to unmask]>
>Sent: Jul 19, 2018 5:55 AM
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>Subject: Re: Is this true?
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>"The legendary Maya Angelou, a black female poet and civil rights activist" vs. Rudyard Kipling, hmm.
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>j> I have just read this on the MSN portal: https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/rudyard-kiplings-if-manchester-university-students-scrub-poem-off-wall-over-racism/ar-AAAhS0l?li=BBoPWjQ
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>j> Is this possible? It certainly won't discourage me to carry on reading Kipling with my undergraduates, quite the contrary, in fact.
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>j> Yours,
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>j> John Seriot,
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>j> Norway
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