'Peter Rabbit' children's book series under attack as 'problematic': 'Owe a debt' to African slave folk tales
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Author Beatrix Potter, famous for "Peter Rabbit" children's book series, is under fire after she was accused of taking her stories from African slave tales.
"Her tales owe a debt to the Brer Rabbit stories told by enslaved Africans working on American plantations that needs to be fully acknowledged," Marshall wrote in an article published May 19. Jeffrey Clark is an associate editor for Fox News Digital. He has previously served as a speechwriter for a cabinet secretary and as a Fulbright teacher in South Korea. Jeffrey graduated from the University of Iowa in 2019 with a degree in English and History.
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Brer Rabbit, Marshall explained, was a "cunning trickster was known for outwitting his often more powerful animal adversaries using brains rather than brawn." Peter Rabbit, on the other hand, is famous for wearing a blue jacket and coming up with mischievous plots.