![]() The Nancy Drew books are also frequently discussed in terms of the way they depict race. ![]() Sometimes, “nice” poor people can be objects for Nancy’s charity, though. Basically, anyone in Nancy’s world who is badly or gaudily dressed, wears too much makeup, lives in the “wrong” part of town, and has bad manners has to be the villain. Nancy helps poor, people, of course, but the books generally depict only two types–the genteelly poor (those who used to be rich, but have fallen on hard times and need Nancy to find their lost inheritance so they can regain their former social status) or the “rough” poor–the criminals in the stories. But I did not realize just how often Nancy and her mysteries favor the wealthy. She had her own car and enough of her dad’s money to go on as many vacations and trips as she could ever wish. I knew as a child, of course, that Nancy was rich, popular, and attractive. ![]() To begin, it is difficult now not to see the classism inherent in the Nancy Drew books. ![]()
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