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2020-09-16T21:35:08.162Z


Censorship is never light, and its tendency is to advance, because the demands that lead to imposing political, social, or moral canons on art, are never satisfied.


A props statue at the 2019 Oscars ceremony.Danny Moloshok / AP

Let us imagine that, in the bases for the convocation of one of the important literary prizes established in our language, say the Alfaguara, or the Herralde, it was established as a requirement for participation that the competing novel must meet certain requirements regarding the subject, and as regards to the racial origin of the characters, or their gender, their sexual preferences, or their physical abilities ...

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