What you need to know about Oprah Winfrey's controversial new book club pick American Dirt
detailing her issues with the novel after being asked to review it for an outlet she only identified as a “feminist magazine,” which declined to run her final critique due to it being so “negative,” according to the author, who provides several excerpts from the killed review, including:
“Cummins bombards with clichés from the get-go. Chapter One starts with assassins opening fire on a quinceañera, a fifteenth birthday party, a scene one can easily imagine President Donald Trump breathlessly conjuring at a Midwestern rally, and while Cummins’ executioners are certainly animated, their humanity remains shallow. By categorizing these characters as ‘the modern bogeymen of urban Mexico,’ she flattens them.
Please read the essay about the book. The isn't just bad: it's dangerous, cruel and smug. It's an object lesson in what not to do on so many levels. Also, MASSIVE AMOUNTS OF MONEY are promoting this racist shit.journalist Esmeralda Bermudez, who emigrated with her family from El Salvador, thanked Winfrey for “trying to do good” and explaining why “American Dirt” is not worthy of her support. “I am an immigrant.
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.
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