Atticus Finch is a racist??

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Applewhite: Aug 16, 2014; by vyelkin; Nap Ghost

http://www.msn.com/en-us/video/popculture/atticus-finch-is-a-racist-in-to-kill-a-mockingbird%e2%80%99s-sequel/vi-AAcRrkF?ocid=iehp

Apparently the character of Atticus Finch from "To Kill a Mockingbird" gets a new, racist makeover in the highly anticipated sequel.

It's been a while since I read the original book, but wasn't Atticus Finch always racist and only defended the Black guy on principle?

Even if he wasn't, it shouldn't be a shocker that a character living in the 1930's is racist. In fact, it always bugs me when heroes in period pieces are somehow miraculously not racist, despite being raised in a culture that predates the Civil Rights movement.

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Joust: Dec 7, 2007; No Ledges.

Makes you think.

# ? Jul 13, 2015 13:40

Backweb: Feb 14, 2009

Joust posted:

Makes you think.

# ? Jul 13, 2015 13:48

Mandator: Aug 28, 2007

Applewhite posted:

http://www.msn.com/en-us/video/popculture/atticus-finch-is-a-racist-in-to-kill-a-mockingbird%e2%80%99s-sequel/vi-AAcRrkF?ocid=iehp

Apparently the character of Atticus Finch from "To Kill a Mockingbird" gets a new, racist makeover in the highly anticipated sequel.

It's been a while since I read the original book, but wasn't Atticus Finch always racist and only defended the Black guy on principle?

Even if he wasn't, it shouldn't be a shocker that a character living in the 1930's is racist. In fact, it always bugs me when heroes in period pieces are somehow miraculously not racist, despite being raised in a culture that predates the Civil Rights movement.

http://www.npr.org/2015/02/04/383854514/harper-lees-friend-says-author-is-hard-of-hearing-sound-of-mind

quote:

News that a second novel by Harper Lee will be published next July has thrilled fans of her first novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, but it has also been met with some skepticism and concern. Lee has been involved in several legal skirmishes and controversies in recent years, raising questions about whether she is being taken advantage of in her old age.

Charles Shields first heard about the newly discovered manuscript, Go Set a Watchman, when he was researching his biography of the writer in 2006. He came across references to it in Lee's correspondence with her first agent back in the 1950s, but he never knew what happened to the book.

"I concluded that Go Set a Watchman had died on the author's hands or hadn't gained any traction with publishers and was set aside," he says. "So I'm really surprised after over a half a century to see it come out."

Shields is among those who find it curious that the novel surfaced so soon after Lee's sister died last fall. Alice Lee had been the author's lawyer for many years. She gave up the position when she turned 100, which is when the author started getting involved in some very public disputes with her agent, the town where she lived and a journalist who befriended Lee and wrote a book about her. The sudden appearance of Go Set a Watchman has added to speculation that Lee's interests are no longer being protected. But Jonathan Burnham, Lee's new publisher, says the book wasn't discovered among Alice's belongings after she died.

Still, Shields says he can't see why Lee would want to publish this early attempt at a novel now. "I think she had made up her mind that she was grateful to have done so much with her first book and couldn't see any advantage to bringing out another one," he says. "And now suddenly here she is � blind, 88 years old, in assisted living � telling us that she's so pleased that her friends like it and it's coming out."

# ? Jul 13, 2015 13:49

Ein cooler Typ: Nov 26, 2013; by FactsAreUseless

he's also a rape apologist

# ? Jul 13, 2015 13:53

Applewhite: Aug 16, 2014; by vyelkin; Nap Ghost

Man, this guy's reputation is getting more tarnished by the minute. This is really gonna hurt him when they're putting together lists of top ten fictional heroes.

# ? Jul 13, 2015 13:55

Professor Shark: May 22, 2012

cool thread op very timely

# ? Jul 13, 2015 14:06

Applewhite: Aug 16, 2014; by vyelkin; Nap Ghost

Professor Shark posted:

cool thread op very timely

Just like the TKaMB sequel.

# ? Jul 13, 2015 14:16

Matey: Mar 28, 2008; eat food

What's my nigga Boo Radley been up to tho?

# ? Jul 13, 2015 14:36

Nagato: Apr 26, 2011; Why yes my username is the same as an autistic alien who looks like a 9 year old from an anime, why do ask?

Mandator posted:

http://www.npr.org/2015/02/04/383854514/harper-lees-friend-says-author-is-hard-of-hearing-sound-of-mind

this is concern trolling imho. peoples attitudes often change as they get very close to death. like, fred phelps allegedly decided gays were OK when he became terminally ill

also its an old book... it's not a shat-out sequel like the lion king 2.5 or something

# ? Jul 13, 2015 15:10

Frostwerks: Sep 24, 2007; by Lowtax

Now, Scout, don't say friend of the family. He's called friend of the family in chief now.

# ? Jul 13, 2015 15:12

Hadaka Apron: Feb 12, 2015

# ? Jul 13, 2015 15:15

Frostwerks: Sep 24, 2007; by Lowtax

Hadaka Apron posted:

movie is probably loving awesome, i would watch

# ? Jul 13, 2015 15:16

dad gay. so what: Feb 18, 2003; by FactsAreUseless

they are going to ban the original now that we know his true nature. just like huck finn, tom sawyer (the book) and tom sawyer (the rush song)

# ? Jul 13, 2015 15:17

Otto Von Jizzmark: Dec 27, 2004

To mock a killing bird

# ? Jul 13, 2015 15:38

Matey: Mar 28, 2008; eat food

Hadaka Apron posted:

rip dennis hopp :rip:

# ? Jul 13, 2015 15:38

blainestereo: Jan 16, 2013

to kill dad gay so what

# ? Jul 13, 2015 15:49

Smoking_Dragon: Dec 12, 2001; WOE UNTO THEE; Pillbug

Don't care, I only read that book because they made me in high school and I thought Atticus Finch was some kind of bird until I read the gay news report!!

# ? Jul 13, 2015 15:51

BottledBodhisvata: Jul 26, 2013; by Lowtax

m-my canon

but whatever is there any graphic sex in this book!?!?!

# ? Jul 13, 2015 16:01

Jerry Mumphrey: Mar 11, 2004; by zen death robot
(and can't post for 4 years!)

i'm a cuck pornstar named inadequate inch ama

# ? Jul 13, 2015 16:04

Jerry Mumphrey: Mar 11, 2004; by zen death robot
(and can't post for 4 years!)

i've done a lot of films with boo rapely

# ? Jul 13, 2015 16:05

Loden Taylor: Aug 11, 2003

Watchman isn't even a sequel, it's the rough first draft for Mockingbird.

This is like nerds obsessing over how Han Solo was originally going to be a slug thing or whatever poo poo Lucas originally came up with.

# ? Jul 13, 2015 16:06

dad gay. so what: Feb 18, 2003; by FactsAreUseless

Loden Taylor posted:

Watchman isn't even a sequel, it's the rough first draft for Mockingbird.

This is like nerds obsessing over how Han Solo was originally going to be a slug thing or whatever poo poo Lucas originally came up with.

wait han solo was a slug thing??

# ? Jul 13, 2015 16:07

Matey: Mar 28, 2008; eat food

atticus pinch a loaf

# ? Jul 13, 2015 16:07

Simstim: Mar 16, 2005; You just gave me a great idea buddy.

when I am 90 years old I want to publish a new book that tarnishes my only previously published book which is beloved by millions for a quick cash grab that I will spend from the hospital bed I have in assisted living care for the short amount of time I have left. nothing nefarious going on here.

# ? Jul 13, 2015 16:09

Applewhite: Aug 16, 2014; by vyelkin; Nap Ghost

So does this mean Dr. Manhattan is racist, too?

# ? Jul 13, 2015 16:18

quakster: Jul 21, 2007; by FactsAreUseless

when a contemporary writer decides to write a book, at some point there inevitably exists a draft where the protagonist fucks a horse. by comparison, harper lee is totes lamesauce. #YOLO

# ? Jul 13, 2015 16:25

Mel Mudkiper: Jan 19, 2012; At this point, Mudman abruptly ends the conversation. He usually insists on the last word.

quakster posted:

when a contemporary writer decides to write a book, at some point there inevitably exists a draft where the protagonist fucks a horse.

would make Franzen more interesting

# ? Jul 13, 2015 16:25

Loden Taylor: Aug 11, 2003

dad gay. so what posted:

wait han solo was a slug thing??

he was a slug thing this whole time.

watching star wars as a kid inspired me to become a pest control specialist but now that it turns out han solo was a slug thing I don't know what to do

# ? Jul 13, 2015 16:26

dad gay. so what: Feb 18, 2003; by FactsAreUseless

im going to kill myself

# ? Jul 13, 2015 16:28

Mel Mudkiper: Jan 19, 2012; At this point, Mudman abruptly ends the conversation. He usually insists on the last word.

dad gay. so what posted:

im going to kill myself

about time

# ? Jul 13, 2015 16:29

dad gay. so what: Feb 18, 2003; by FactsAreUseless

wait whos atticus finch again?

# ? Jul 13, 2015 16:31

Mandator: Aug 28, 2007

Nagato posted:

this is concern trolling imho. peoples attitudes often change as they get very close to death. like, fred phelps allegedly decided gays were OK when he became terminally ill

also its an old book... it's not a shat-out sequel like the lion king 2.5 or something

Yeah, you're probably right. However, I am concerned that as people age they start making decisions that they probably wouldn't make without being... blind, old and senile. Like, there's probably a reason she kept this book in storage, and it wasn't because she forgot about it.

But maybe I'm wrong. I usually am.

# ? Jul 13, 2015 16:32

Joust: Dec 7, 2007; No Ledges.

dad gay. so what posted:

wait whos atticus finch again?

# ? Jul 13, 2015 16:33

Mel Mudkiper: Jan 19, 2012; At this point, Mudman abruptly ends the conversation. He usually insists on the last word.

Mandator posted:

Like, there's probably a reason she kept this book in storage, and it wasn't because she forgot about it.

Why would she get rid of it? Tons of writers keep drafts and discarded novels they never intend to publish

# ? Jul 13, 2015 16:34

quakster: Jul 21, 2007; by FactsAreUseless

dad gay. so what posted:

wait whos atticus finch again?

a goblin from harry potter who lives in the attic of the weasley residence, hence the cutesy name

# ? Jul 13, 2015 16:35

Nuclearmonkee: Jun 10, 2009

dad gay. so what posted:

wait whos atticus finch again?

remember in high school when they forced you to read a book and bullshit about it in class for a grade. he's a character from one of those books.

# ? Jul 13, 2015 16:35

dad gay. so what: Feb 18, 2003; by FactsAreUseless

Joust posted:

is that a visa card?

# ? Jul 13, 2015 16:35

dad gay. so what: Feb 18, 2003; by FactsAreUseless

Nuclearmonkee posted:

remember in high school when they forced you to read a book and bullshit about it in class for a grade. he's a character from one of those books.

clan of the cave bear?

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Joust: Dec 7, 2007; No Ledges.

dad gay. so what posted:

is that a visa card?

It's the invite to my sweet sixteen.

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