What I do see: A book industry that’s so out of touch — that so rarely supports immigrants to tell our own stories — eager to make money off of our suffering with a cheap, stereotypical thrill. #ImNotAmericanDirt. Neither is any immigrant I’ve known in 17 years of journalism.
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You don’t have to be Latino/an immigrant or write about immigrants. I’ve had white mentors who I respect because they’ve worked hard to see past their limitations, to understand the community. The problem is the book arena is ruled by white writers, agents, critics, gatekeepers.pic.twitter.com/t15XoyY9ij
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Note: A more recent study of these figures is expected to be released by
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In an industry where Latinos make up only a tiny percent, our stories are often rejected, shrank down, manipulated, misunderstood, stolen, appropriated, exploited, sanitized, repackaged for easy consumption by white audiences. Most of all, our stories are silenced — invisible.
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American Dirt has left us with a textbook example of nearly everything we should avoid when writing about immigrants. It’s hollow, harmful; an adrenaline-packed cartoon. Still, reviewers, with one eye blind & the other missing, are calling THIS
the “Grapes of Wrath for our time”pic.twitter.com/KvuxDE6rWo
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Critics/book dealers: Ask yourself how ur standards of the immigrant experience got to be so low. What do u know about Latino immigrants beyond the headlines? When is the last time u spoke to one of us, had one of us over 4 dinner? If u give a damn, stop & learn from this moment
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Those who bother reading this book, do yourself favor. Next time u see a Latino immigrant, don’t assume u know anything about us because u read this novel. You’ll be no different than people who think they know LA because they once saw the city in a cheesy Hollywood movie
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I could say more, but other Latino writers have already said it better:
@lesbrainshttps://www.google.com/amp/s/tropicsofmeta.com/2019/12/12/pendeja-you-aint-steinbeck-my-bronca-with-fake-ass-social-justice-literature/amp/ …Prikaži ovu nit -
Gracias a ti por levantar tu voz. It is shameful that
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