Originally Posted by Guest

And were you similarly upset when Bill Cosby got casted in I spy? Or when you had to read Native Son. While the arts are partially to entertain, a more important function of art and literature is to inform. And to hold a mirror up so the dominant culture can see its warts. This isn't a new idea. Jonathan Swift and Charles Dickens skewered the WASP culture in England without mercy. If it is your turn to be skewered perhaps you can see it as an honor.