Roald Dahl family sorry for author’s anti-Semitic remarks — BBC News – Home
The family have apologised for “prejudiced remarks” made by the writer, who died 30 years ago.
Roald Dahl family sorry for author’s anti-Semitic remarks — BBC News – Home
So this is kind of an interesting story. They said,
“Those prejudiced remarks are incomprehensible to us and stand in marked contrast to the man we knew and to the values at the heart of Roald Dahl’s stories, which have positively impacted young people for generations.
“We hope that, just as he did at his best, at his absolute worst, Roald Dahl can help remind us of the lasting impact of words.”
And I’ve seen people say it’s too little too late, and I can see why, but man… I suppose the anti-Semitism must have been bafflingly hard to reconcile for his family since he seemed to be quite anti-prejudice in some of his works. And fought against the Nazis in WW2.
It’s one of those depressing reminders that some people will just have inexplicable hatred for a whole group for absolutely no reason, I guess.