I hope there can be a necessary and substantive conversation about American Dirt. It’s not about cancellation or mob mentality.
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And an entire publishing community joined in. Multiple employees at a publisher thought it was a good idea to have an event with barbed wire decorated centerpieces. Come on! As if tragedy can be decorative. Can we talk about this?
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And the writer in question keeps saying she doesn’t know if she should have written this book. Those doubts weren’t enough to keep her from getting that check tho. I don’t know. This reveals quite a problem in publishing that Not enough people will be willing to grapple with.
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Can their be space for both anger and discussion? I hope so. This shouldn’t happen again. If you’re going to write this kind of book write it in the right way. Publish and promote it carefully. Jesus.
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Absolutely. This is what is so infuriating to me - not necessarily that she wrote it in the first place (tho I do find problems with that as well).
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This quote also jumped out to me: "I resisted for a very long time, telling the story from a migrant’s point of view,” Cummins responded. “I was worried that I didn’t know enough, that my privilege would make me blind to certain truths.”https://ew.com/books/2020/01/21/what-you-need-to-know-about-oprah-winfreys-controversial-new-book-club-pick-american-dirt/ …
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White people, *especially* those who think of themselves as progressives, need to spend more time interrogating the desire to congratulate themselves and each other for “doing something” and actually Do Something. Something meaningful. Like passing the damned mic.
Kiitos. Käytämme tätä aikajanasi parantamiseen. KumoaKumoa
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Seven figure deal! Seven figures for dirt!
Kiitos. Käytämme tätä aikajanasi parantamiseen. KumoaKumoa
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Reminds me of seeing a video of a white women explaing hip hop rhyme schemes
Kiitos. Käytämme tätä aikajanasi parantamiseen. KumoaKumoa
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I’d appreciate a list of books written by Latinix authors that cover the topic, authentic voices. Seriously. Can someone stear me towards some good titles?
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