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[–] 9 points 11 hours ago (15 children)

No racial slurs in Don Quixote.

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  • [–] 12 points 10 hours ago (9 children)

    Nor anything by Victor Hugo to my recollection.

    Sexist tho.

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  • [–] 12 points 8 hours ago (2 children)

    Interestingly, Don Quixote - very feminist. Cervantes clearly believed women should be able to decide for themselves.

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  • [–] 8 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago) (1 child)

    Cervantes also handled a fake sequel to Don Quixote better than any author ever has or ever will.

    A fake Part II was released so Cervantes stole part of the plot and includes it in his own Part II which is broadly considered one of the best sequels of all time (to be clear that's almost always included in the modern form of the novel)

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  • [–] 5 points 9 hours ago (5 children)

    Should have seen all the anti-Norwegian bigotry in the first draft of Les Miserables, though 🫣😬

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  • [–] 4 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago) (3 children)

    Sorry, I made it up as a joke..

    I haven't read it yet (though the musical based on it is my favorite ever), but I'm pretty confident that there's no mention of Norway or Norwegians in any version of Les Miserables 🤷🏻

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  • [–] 11 points 8 hours ago (4 children)

    no slurs or it uses antiquated slurs we have forgotten about? or slurs we excuse because were common back them?

    I counted 160 "moro" in Don Quixote.

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  • [–] 0 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago) (3 children)

    "Moro" is still commonly used and not considered a slur. It can be used incorrectly to refer to any muslin person but is not offensive in itself.

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  • [–] 4 points 6 hours ago (1 child)

    Just because it’s not considered offensive by white Spaniards does not mean it’s not offensive

    https://spanish.stackexchange.com/questions/29187/is-moro-a-racist-term#30243

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