Racism

I was shocked to see this on a website while I was researching for my blog:
9 Racist Books for Children
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Submitted by Native American on March 10, 2011 - 00:15

Culture

9 Racist Books for Children

Little Black Sambo
Little Blue and Little Yellow ?
The Chronicles of Narnia
The Three Golliwogs
Kim by Rudyard Kipling
Tintin in Congo
The Story of Babar: the Little Elephant
The Story of Doctor Dolittle
The Little House on the Prairie

I mean really? The Chronicles of Narnia? Little House on The Prairie?

Reading Kim I never once thought of it as racist. But, I guess if you thought that the caste system was something that just came out of nowhere then you might?! I really don't get it.

I think that all books have to be viewed in the time period they were written in (or when the story being written takes place)I used to watch little house on the prairie with my sisters and mom, and I their is an African American lady who is the cook. Is that racist? I don't think so.

In the book Kim race and caste play a big part, just like it did in India at the time. To me Rudyard seems to respect the religions and races throughout the book. In parts of the books Kim may mock a race but, Rudyard has also wrote to defend it every time.

If there is "racism" it is not the racism we are used to.