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    1. If you know anything about the history of Oompa Loompas in Roald Dahl's Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, these types of "humoristic" alert messages come across as ignorant and narrow-minded. This is from Revue but they are not alone in "Oompa-jokes". theconversation.com/from-pygmies-to-puppets-what-to-do-with-roald-dahls-enslaved-oompa-loompas-in-modern-adaptations-166967
      oh my god twitter doesn’t include alt text from images in their API
  1. …in reply to @axbom
    «In the first edition of Charlie (1964), the Oompa-Loompas are black pygmies who Wonka imports from “the deepest and darkest part of the African jungle” and enslaves in his factory.» theconversation.com/from-pygmies-to-puppets-what-to-do-with-roald-dahls-enslaved-oompa-loompas-in-modern-adaptations-166967
    1. …in reply to @axbom
      Sensitivity reading should ideally be made part of the design process. bookmachine.org/2019/01/15/sensitivity-reading-what-you-need-to-know-and-why-it-matters/