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Jamie Oliver pulls 'offensive' children's book from sale (www.bbc.com)
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The 400-page fantasy novel, Billy and the Epic Escape, features an Aboriginal girl with mystical powers living in foster care who is abducted from her home in central Australia.

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[-] lemmus@lemmy.world 9 points 4 days ago

"Editorial oversight" is such a disingenuous explanation. Nobody gives a fuck about the representation of Indigenous peoples would be more accurate.

[-] zante@slrpnk.net 6 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

Total cunt. Fake chef and a greedy egotistical bastard . This is not a surprise .

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