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For Oompa-Loompas, Orange Was the New Black
By: Layla Eplett
Everlasting Gobstoppers, Scarlet Scorchdroppers, and Glumptious Globgobblers were not the only things sugarcoated in Roald Dahl’s Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. There may have been more beneath the sweet exterior of this classic children’s book. In the original version, the Oompa-Loompas were African pygmies and their depiction has been critiqued for perpetuating British imperial ideologies.
Although Charlie and the Chocolate Factory was officially published in 1964, the inspiration for the story began much earlier. Continue reading...
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