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I don't believe the books should be censored, but I really hate that 'guilt argument' people try to throw around whenever a question of ethical propriety in regards to the history of racism is brought up. Both reactions are, well, reactionary.
More importantly than whether the books are published or not, is whether people (particularly white people in Western society) really, really understand what we did and, in some cases, continue to do to native cultures around the world. Most keenly and notably what we did in the continent of Africa. I think far too many of us do not, making the real offense the fact that so many people will likely pick this book up and never realize the magnitude of horror and injustice it represents. That's my thinking.
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Most people go through life dreading they'll have a traumatic experience. Freaks were born with their trauma. They've already passed their test in life. They're aristocrats. - Diane Arbus
PESSIMISM, n. A philosophy forced upon the convictions of the observer by the disheartening prevalence of the optimist with his scarecrow hope and his unsightly smile. - Ambrose Bierce
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