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The critique decries the effort to "repopulate" or "reclaim" Western classics—like Shakespeare or Tolkien—by inserting modern racial narratives. The author draws an analogy: if someone tried to impose similar reinterpretations on indigenous African stories or legends, it would be seen as cultural imperialism or outright colonization. The complaint is that these academic efforts are doing precisely that—erasing or altering the original cultural context in favor of prevailing modern narratives.