Book on celebrated historians cancelled....for being too white

[Shortfuze]

source: https://www.rt.com/usa/523984-author...book-canceled/

Celebrated British author's book on famous historians canceled in US for being 'too white' – media

'The History Makers', a 784-page book about famous historians from the past 2,500 years, has reportedly been canceled in the United States by publisher Random House for not featuring enough black academics.

According to the Guardian, which cited unnamed sources in New York, publisher Random House canceled the book written by celebrated British author Richard Cohen on Wednesday just months before its release over concerns that there were not enough black historians explored in the text.

The book was canceled despite Cohen reportedly writing an extra 18,000 words on famous black figures – including slavery abolitionist leader Frederick Douglass and educator-intellectual Booker T. Washington – at the request of the publisher. Cohen is now searching for a new publisher in the US, though 'The History Makers' will still be released in the UK in June by Weidenfeld & Nicolson.

Analyzing a wide range of figures from the Roman historian Tacitus and English playwright William Shakespeare to the French author and historian Voltaire and former British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, the book was criticized by some academics for not focusing enough on black people and being too Eurocentric.

University of Chichester Professor Hakim Adi protested that it was "as if Africa and the African American had been forgotten," calling the book "denigrating to the history of the world, and to black people in particular."

One social media user argued it was good that the book was canceled because "everyone should be taken into consideration."

Others, however, called it a "horrifying story of political correctness run amock," with conservative commentator Paul Joseph Watson tweeting, "No need to burn the books when you can just ensure they never get published."

"Here is an interesting idea, rather than censor another historian or tell them what they must write, how about writing your own history?" another person said.

Book publishers, including Random House, have increasingly decided to cancel books for fear of sparking controversy or causing offense.

In March, Penguin Random House pulled six books by iconic children's author Dr. Seuss from publication, claiming they contained racial stereotypes that were "hurtful and wrong."

In January, publisher Simon & Schuster canceled Republican Senator Josh Hawley's book about political censorship in the country – 'The Tyranny of Big Tech' – after he was accused of playing a role in inciting rioters who stormed the Capitol on January 6.

Most recently, employees at Simon & Schuster called on the company to cut ties with authors who were previously a part of the Trump administration and cancel its deal with former Vice President Mike Pence. However, the publisher refused.



We live in sad times.

[Skwidward]

... has reportedly been canceled in the United States by publisher Random House for not featuring enough black academics...

Book publishers, including Random House, have increasingly decided to cancel books for fear of sparking controversy or causing offense.

Do you think the government should force them to publish this particular book?

[3fifty]

Absolutely crazy. I hope people wake up to this.

[Mountaineer92]

excellent. this just furthers the decline ... refusing to learn about history so it repeats itself.

[JayJ350]

Book burning: brought to you by the democrats!

[JayJ350]

Absolutely crazy. I hope people wake up to this.

History needs to be cancelled if it features too many white people, but leftists can have all the hardcore indoctrination ideology books they want and they can flood the book stores with them.

Well now we know why book stores have been dying.

[ParsleyTea]

Cancel culture strikes again. Hope the UK author is able to find a different publisher.

[AlwaysFocus]

Do you think the government should force them to publish this particular book?

your "gotchya" attempts are pathetic

[Hnbn1]

It doesn't really matter anymore because we can all self publish on Amazon

[SaltyDog920]

Libs proving yet again they're the party of book burning and anti science.

[Sakeoe]

Do you think the government should force them to publish this particular book?

No because they're a publisher and not a platform behaving like a publisher.

[LtGoose]

White ppl should be banned from raising children. They are the architects of their own demise

[davik]

he should just self publish, but not much shekels that way i guess

[TrustTheScience]

Why couldn't this white supremacist at least devote a chapter or two in his book to the creation of peanut butter?

Hopefully he revises it and covers Mr Yakub and the REAL history of the world this time around, I doubt he mentioned that Shakespeare, Mozart, the vikings or the ancient Egyptians were all Black.

[Latinowarrior3]

There are many books that have been banned from Amazon or other major platforms. You can still find them if you want to. Independent publishers are out there and the cost isn't too bad.

I bought Culture of Critique off of Amazon before it was banned. Great read and I'd recommend it to everyone. I'm really interested in unfiltered work that doesn't have the stain of progressivism/modern conservatism attached to it so I have to search for books off of mainstream platforms a lot.