White author (who conveniently suddenly popped out a Puerto Rican grandma when called out) got a 7-figure advance to write a cheesy novel about the plight of Mexican immigrants, full of cliches that were old in the 1950s, and said things in interviews like "I wish there had been
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a brown author to write it" (as in be the Voice for these Poor People), when there have been and are hundreds, thousands even, of Mexican and Mexican-American authors available.
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She got a seven figure advance and a movie deal for writing about Mexican border experience and she's a white lady.
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“trauma porn with a social justice fig leaf” https://tropicsofmeta.com/2019/12/12/pendeja-you-aint-steinbeck-my-bronca-with-fake-ass-social-justice-literature/ … written by a white woman who is now claiming to have a Puerto Rican grandma.
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https://twitter.com/lionswrite/status/1219704252928446464?s=21 … This link has a good summary.
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Pretty good recap from Slate: https://slate.com/culture/2020/01/american-dirt-book-controversy-explained.html …
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