"there was never any malice in the use of that word in the UK at that time."

This misses the point.

Yes it was normal for the word Nigger to be used.

It was also normal, in that context, for Black people to be second class citizens.

It was normal for black people to be denied the vote.


For most people this was accepted reality without any sense of Malice behind it.


But in hindsight we are able to say that it was not the right way to do things.


So we abolished that society.


And in the process we abolished the "normal" social/political category of "Nigger".


"nigger" was a normal everyday social demographic and the word was a normal everyday word for that reason, said without Malice, but also without awareness of what it meant and misery and wretchedness that it represented.


These days we are aware so that excuse doesn't apply any more.


Keep the books - they are important and have historical and cultural value as well as itrinsic artistic value and shouldn't be censored any more than painting depicting "niggers" should.


But all this talk of "political correctness gone mad" is basically nothiing more than stubborn refusal to let go, to face up to the past and to move on.