... primarily white males it is limited to a small portion of the population. The rest of the population "women, blacks, Hispanics, those of Oriental descent and other "are excluded and their opinions are often overlooked. Until recently, Kate Chopin has been excluded from the canon so her masterpiece, The Awakening has been ignored. The tales of slavery written by former slaves or children of former slaves also have been ... excluded. The fact that the canon only has books older than a hundred years included in it mean that modern works are ... ...

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