@benjanun_s Yes but I don't think he intended to. The text of his poetry is spoken from a male POV
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@benjanun_s He took the name from a real woman he went to school with but seems he (and his editors) didn't know it's a gendered name -
I wonder what he would've done if they'd asked for his name in hanzi.
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@benjanun_s To be fair to the editors it's not like a woman can't write from a male POVThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@benjanun_s I don't think he interacted with anyone til he got in the Best of anthologyThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@benjanun_s Notably in his apology Sherman Alexie noted the racial deception but didn't seem to be aware there was a gender componentThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@arthur_affect the more I read about this guy, the more I feel like it should be the final proof of the nonexistentence of reverse racismThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@arthur_affect the fact that he viewed taking on a Chinese name as some kind of clever trick, while having NO idea about how it marks pplThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@arthur_affect as "the other" points to the EXACT kind of cultural privilege in America that white ppl so desperately need to getThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@arthur_affect this guy has NO IDEA about what it means when Chinese Americans are encouraged to pick names which "fit" U.S. Boxes obviouslyThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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