Robert Stein, creator of the series of children’s stories from the horror series, said that his books were censored without the knowledge of the author. writes about it daily mail.
Scholastic made over 100 corrections, noting for example words from “chubby” to “funny” and “crazy” to “stupid”. The publisher believes that these changes are necessary to protect the mental health of children.
Also, mention of fat people with “at least six chins” has been changed to “not less than six feet and six inches” in height. Additionally, one of them removed references to an African American who looked like a rapper from MTV clips.
“I didn’t change a single word in Goosebumps, the changes weren’t shown to me,” Stein said.
Scholastic said he analyzed the author’s texts a few years ago and tried to keep the language relevant in his changes and avoid images that could negatively affect the self-image of today’s youth.
Previously reportedreplaced by racist language in reprinted James Bond novels.