https://www.msn.com/en-us/lifestyle...books-to-make-them-less-offensive/ar-AA17KXhw
feb 21 2023 Hundreds of edits have been made to new editions of Roald Dahl’s children’s books to make them more inclusive, sparking outrage and causing many authors to speak out against what some are referring to as censorship.
At least 10 of Roald Dahl’s classic children’s books, including “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory,” “Matilda,” and “James and the Giant Peach” were edited to make them less offensive to readers. Passages that referred to weight, gender, race, violence, mental health and more were altered, with some being removed altogether.
For example, in “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory,” the term “fat” is no longer used to describe the character Augustus Gloop, “mothers and fathers” is now “parents,” and the Oompa-Loompas were changed from “tiny men” to “little people.”
Meanwhile, in “Matilda,” references to Joseph Conrad and Rudyard Kipling were replaced with Jane Austen and John Steinbeck.
In “The Twits” a “weird African language” removed the word “weird,” and in “James and the Giant Peach,” Miss Spider’s head is no longer described as “black.”
