{"id":130915,"date":"2020-02-06T01:28:54","date_gmt":"2020-02-06T00:28:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/2020\/02\/06\/fake-diversity-barnes-and-noble-cancels-race-swapped-classic-covers\/"},"modified":"2020-02-06T01:28:54","modified_gmt":"2020-02-06T00:28:54","slug":"fake-diversity-barnes-and-noble-cancels-race-swapped-classic-covers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/?p=130915","title":{"rendered":"&#039;Fake diversity&#039;: Barnes and Noble cancels race-swapped classic covers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Writers say the move, meant to celebrate Black History Month, does not help improve representationBarnes and Noble, America\u2019s largest bookseller, has withdrawn a new series of \u201cdiverse\u201d classic book covers following a backlash from writers who say it does nothing to address the publishing industry\u2019s underlying diversity problems.The new \u201cDiverse Editions\u201d series was announced on Tuesday to honor Black History Month and due to hit shelves on Wednesday. The project saw 12 classic young adult novels receive new covers, the protagonists now \u201cculturally diverse\u201d. Frankenstein has brown skin, not green, while a kissing Romeo and Juliet have darker skin tones and kinky hair textures. \u201cFor the first time ever, all parents will be able to pick up a book and see themselves in a story,\u201d the company explains on the back cover of the books. Continue reading&#8230;<br \/>\nVia: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/books\/2020\/feb\/05\/barnes-and-noble-diverse-classics-backlash\" target=\"_blank\">&#039;Fake diversity&#039;: Barnes and Noble cancels race-swapped classic covers<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Writers say the move, meant to celebrate Black History Month, does not help improve representationBarnes and Noble, America\u2019s largest bookseller, has withdrawn a new series of \u201cdiverse\u201d classic book covers following a backlash from writers who say it does nothing to address the publishing industry\u2019s underlying diversity problems.The new \u201cDiverse [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-130915","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130915","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=130915"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130915\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=130915"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=130915"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=130915"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}