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Race

In the section Race, there are two errors. One is implied, and the other is a misquote.

I am new to Wikipedia editing, and changing around a whole paragraph is more than I am ready for.

The implied error: putting "great white hope" in quotation marks suggests that London himself used this term, but he did not.

The misquote is the line "Jeff, it's up to you. The White Man must be rescued." London never wrote "The White Man must be rescued." The NPR piece cited got that wrong. Here is a link to the original newspaper article being referenced. The line in question is the last line of the article.

[1]https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/10174989

As I said, I'm new to this on Wikipedia. But I'm happy to help with the content if someone is willing to take the lead on the editing itself.

Thanks! A.rihn (talk) 00:20, 31 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]