"Oompa-Loompas, slavery and racial supremacy" (by some student from South Africa)

[Bucky]

Oompa-Loompas, slavery and racial supremacy
Saturday, November 08, 2008, by Khadija Sharife

Willy Wonka’s labour machinery composed of Oompa-Loompas – short little dudes from the cocoa heaven of Loompaland — were originally described by author Roald Dahl as dark pygmies “from the very deepest and darkest part of the African jungle where no white man had been before”. Their primary enemy was the whangdoodle, interpreted by some as white dudes.

But this is at odds with Dahl’s statement that “no white man” had penetrated that specific part of the continent, which leaves me with the conclusion that perhaps said whangdoodle was either of Arabian, Chinese or other ethnicity.



Now the Loompas were presumed to live free and fair with no bondage, slavery or forced labour involved; indeed, the Loompas had a nasty little streak, encouraged by Wonka who turned quite a little bitter after competitors stole his ingenious chocolaty designs.

Yet so much ire was directed at Dahl that he acquiesced, changing the description to fair skin.

Given the fact that the US and USSR were upping the velocity in their game of war-by-proxy amongst other dastardly policies, that should have been the least of the “establishments” and the public’s concern.

Perhaps the PC response was deliberately encouraged; a way for the public to let off steam without actually effecting reality. PC is a wonderful way to stifle discussion, manufacture consent and dissent and eliminate the imagination – because without imagination, without original, unique and brave thoughts, we lose our ability to dream, to think beyond industry/government/authority big-box decisions and policies.

Mankind is then reduced to the pejorative man-mass state, like faceless cogs in the wheel of a mechanised civilisation, similar to the type of mass-produced goods the global middle-class consumes on an everyday basis, irrespective of issues such as origin, verification, methods of production and growth, and ecological impact.

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She's a good writer, altho I disagree with a lot she has to say (plus the theory that Zheng He got to America before Columbus it utter crap), it's very thought provoking.