When I wrote the first draft of my Gone With The Wind fic, I had included one paragraph in which a character used the word "nigger" when thinking about a negative incident involving a freed slave (which ended in a double killing).
The word itself is used all through Mitchell's book, by both black and white characters, and is historically accurate given the time period, the mindset and place of the characters ... yet I was uncomfortable when I wrote it, as it's not a word I ever like to see or hear used, and thought maybe I should take it out. My beta heartily agreed. So I took it out.
I find your comments on the other story interesting, and wonder how much of an uproar there would have been had I left the part with the offensive word, in the story. I could not read through the story you mentioned, as quite honestly the fandom does not interest me and I lost my attention span for it fairly quickly, so I cannot comment about it though.
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Date: 2003-12-31 09:43 pm (UTC)The word itself is used all through Mitchell's book, by both black and white characters, and is historically accurate given the time period, the mindset and place of the characters ... yet I was uncomfortable when I wrote it, as it's not a word I ever like to see or hear used, and thought maybe I should take it out. My beta heartily agreed. So I took it out.
I find your comments on the other story interesting, and wonder how much of an uproar there would have been had I left the part with the offensive word, in the story. I could not read through the story you mentioned, as quite honestly the fandom does not interest me and I lost my attention span for it fairly quickly, so I cannot comment about it though.