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An increasing number of books are being edited. Book publishers are worried about and racist words in books. They are worried that language in books might upset people today, children. Two authors that have had their work edited this week are Roald Dahl and Ian Fleming. Dahl is famous for books like "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory". Fleming wrote the James Bond books. Publishers are employing " readers" to check books. A sensitivity reader looks for that describes in an "insensitive or offensive" . A lot of the language they check belongs to another . It was written 50 or more years ago. Back then, the language was thought to be .

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