TedTheHuman said:
Charlie and the chocolate factory is based off Roald Dahl 's original book and neither the 1971 or 2005 film adaptations.
Well, actually, no. The
original editions of the book had one very important difference...
...The Oompaloompas were discribed as being black.
However, very soon attitudes changed, and the thought of going to a far away island and capturing "pygmies" with dark skin to work as slaves in your factory became unacceptable. So Dahl re-wrote the book to change a few details. It's ok to have slaves if they are orange, it seems