Now that I am back in Naples for the winter I can forget the many tasks “up north” such as mowing, raking, gardening, and pruning. I can concentrate instead on such important matters that strike my fancy. Today I am concerned with Fairy tales and political correctness as a subject that needs copious amounts of attention. Allow me to elaborate.
Consider the fairy tale about Snow White and the seven Dwarfs. One would never, today, be allowed to publish such a bigoted and racist story. How do we know that Snow White was snow white? There is no proof other than the author’s word and that lacks documentation. Snow white might even have been a "Lady of the night". Snow White should be addressed as Ms. White
And the “Seven Dwarfs”!!! That title today would raise the ire of several groups. Lawsuits would be filed and many “advocates “of gender (how do we know the group was all male?). Height deprived people would be up in arms. The group could be described as “A group of smaller gentlepersons”. Names are also considered labels that are possibly not appreciated by the person so labeled. Therefore, I suggest the following name changes:
“Doc” should be called “Leader and chief medical person”
“Sneezy” should be referred to as “Allergy inflicted helper”
“Grumpy” should be relabeled as “Joy deprived individual”.
“Dopey”. We won’t even go there!!!
“Happy” .The name has no negative connotation but he could be called “Positive attitude gentleperson”
“Sleepy”. This is a simple one. He would be named “Insufficient rest group member”.
Danged if I can remember the seventh gentlepersons bigoted name. Oh wait, now I remember. It is "Bashful". We could label him simply as "Socially reluctant helper"
Now the job to get this fairy tale updated remains.
Dal Wolf. Naples and Auburn, In
