Post #3

I feel that the title "Book of Negroes" is just to get public attention whether it is to enrage everyone in the country that led to front page burnings and censorship because I think that the author knows that the title will eventually be accepted and people will start massively purchasing these books because of its publicity or former history. Or maybe the author wanted to put the title as 'The Book of Negroes' so that it feels more like the times when black people were actually called 'negroes'. The title is obviously not appropriate at all especially since it was released at a time when the word 'Negro' was so sensitive to people's ears, it might lead them to think that this book is racist or offensive. I think that the book burnings are just people overreacting to this situation, even when the details of the book is appropriate, and if they hate the book so much why would they spend money to buy it meaning supporting it then burning it afterwards? Isn't it a waste of money? Based on what I read from the novel so far, I think that the title could be changed to simply something like "Aminatta Diallo's Diary" or "Aminatta Diallo's Life of Slavery and Freedom"