title: python json dumps
body: <p>i have the following string, need to turn it into a list without u'':</p>
  
  <pre><code>my_str = "[{u'name': u'squats', u'wrs': [[u'99', 8]], u'id': 2}]"
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>i can get rid of " by using </p>
  
  <pre><code>import ast
  str_w_quotes = ast.literal_eval(my_str)
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>then i do:</p>
  
  <pre><code>import json
  json.dumps(str_w_quotes)
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>and get</p>
  
  <pre><code>[{\"id\": 2, \"name\": \"squats\", \"wrs\": [[\"55\", 9]]}]
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Is there a way to get rid of backslashes? the goal is:</p>
  
  <pre><code>[{"id": 2, "name": "squats", "wrs": [["55", 9]]}]
  </code></pre>