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Observation on #HandmaidsTale: the racism of #Gilead is obscured by the TV series. In the book, black people are removed to another part of the USA, while Jewish people are apparently expelled to Israel.

I understand why this element has been omitted, but it does make the prejudice and regressive ideology run on much narrower lines, primarily being sexuality and gender. Which somewhat risks misunderstanding the novel’s point that repression tends to spill across multiple lines when let loose.