Esmeralda Bermudez

@BermudezWrites

LA Times Staff Writer storytelling about Latinos since 2003. Made in El Salvador. Raised in LA. Thoughts are my own. Send ideas: esmeralda.bermudez@latimes.com

Los Angeles
Vrijeme pridruživanja: rujan 2011.

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    24. sij

    My response as an immigrant and journalist to a book crowned the great immigrant novel of our times: When Latinos are shut out of the book industry, you end up with 'American Dirt'

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  2. I so wanted my new handle I sacrificed my blue check mark to get it 🙌🏽Hopefully will give it back once they realize it’s still the same old chaparrita running this account 🤣 🙏🏽

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  3. Parents in Mexico protest lack of cancer drugs for their kids. They have taken to the streets to block traffic and publicly denounce a dearth of cancer medicines at public hospitals nationwide, a shortage that threatens their kids’ lives.

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  4. .⁦⁩ on Coronavirus: Your fear doesn’t justify your racism & xenophobia. Your jokes & performative panic about the virus are not funny.. they create an environment of fear, panic & disinformation more dangerous than the disease itself.

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  5. The new coronavirus, which can cause respiratory illness and pneumonia, has infected more than 17,000 people worldwide and killed more than 350, with one death outside China. Eleven cases have been confirmed in the U.S., including six in California.

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  6. Turns out writers on Twitter have plenty to say about pens. Pens for lefties. Pens for planes. Pens for nibbling. Pens for writing upside-down. $10K pens. 99-cent pens. Princess pens. Government pens. Stolen pens. Precise, smooth, extra fine, for-long-pensive-hours kinda pens ❤️

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  7. Judging by this thread, the pen is still very special ✊🏽

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    Whatever pen I can find that works after digging through my bag and finding lots of non-working pens and crap my daughters through in there.

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    Today, and I meet with Flatiron to discuss the "situation." Light a vela, ask la Virgencita to guard us y échanos un grito! 👊🏽📚👊🏽

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    The deadline is approaching! Do you know a nonprofit organization in SoCal that is helping their community through innovation? They could be eligible to win a grant. Share and apply by Feb. 14.

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    🗣 CRITICISM IS NOT CENSORSHIP. Absolutely no one is censoring this author. If you need a better grasp of what the conversation is about, please read the many critiques published by writers like

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    Writers: Do you have a favorite pen brand? I’ve spent half my life trying to find the perfect, smooth, long-lasting pen. Thank you.

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    “The people of L.A. hold public memorials and all-day vigils. Angelenos also mourn with personal displays: tattoos, window decals on vehicles and most of all, T-shirts. They are a wearable memorial.” By

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    Can we please stop to note this piece was written by a Puertorriqueño and this Puertorriqueño has no problem speaking the whole truth about .

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    “No matter how many Latinos..write their think pieces, call for major changes 2 the publishing industry.. share..necessary nuance & perspective, it’s clear that “American Dirt” resonates w/the elite, affluent, politically progressive & mostly white people for whom it was written”

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  18. 2. velj

    “If there is one lesson to take from the controversy surrounding “American Dirt,” it’s that one should never underestimate the power of that white gaze...”

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    “It doesn’t matter what any given writer, reviewer or group of authors does to try to stop it; the urge to 'other us' for our own good is apparently too powerful for the publishing industry to resist.” That’s why “American Dirt” sits atop the bestseller list right now

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    “America's mostly white media gatekeepers have always believed that Americans can only feel empathy for nonwhite people if there's a nominally white character to show them how..that the problems of nonwhite people don’t feel real enough until the white saviors come swooping in..”

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    As the AMERICAN DIRT narrative shifts from “problematic book exposes deep-seated flaws in Big Publishing” to “unhinged, violent mob tries to silence author,” think about who is pushing the second take — and whose reputation benefits from it

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