The book just came out. The “controversy arose” along with the book’s release, so I’m not sure how it could have only arisen after “everyone and their mother” was praising the book. If what you mean by “everyone and their mother” is it was being praised largely by publishing insiders with a stake in pumping the book…

Dog Me: We, the angry white people who are forever conflating criticism with censorship, get to decide who can criticize art and in what grounds. 

And what’s wrong with that?

Does the fact that it’s full of gross “white person is shocked about the realities of Mexican life” cliches — despite the fact that the main point of view character is Mexican, suggesting that she’s actually incapable of taking herself out of her affluent white lady perspective, disqualify her?

It’s not a ridiculous…

In this case one of the issues is that just a few years ago (2015) the author of this book wrote an op-ed about how they don’t feel comfortable writing about race because they identify as white, benefit from white privilege, and “never know the impotent rage of being profiled or encounter institutional hurdles to…

.....and wrote about nigeria like it was zamunda

It’d be worth hunting down another piece that goes into the issues the book has. Your grandkids will do a better, more authentic job.

But the author being a Puerto Rican doesn’t mean she knows anything about being a Mexican, despite the fact that they both speak Spanish, any more than an African-American and a Ghanaian…

I’m not talking about the reviewer, numbnuts, I’m talking about the author, you know, the person you were referring to who needs the freedom to, you know, write. 

That’s an interesting understanding. What is it based on.

Even the critics who complain about it admit that it’s a pretty thrilling read.

Except every one of the critics specifically mentioned in this story said she told the story badly. 

You do know Puerto Rico is not Mexico? To use your analogy this is like if your niece wrote a story about Nigerians.

She’s a white native-born American. She is writing about Mexican migrants. That is not exploring “her heritage.”  

Actual leftists—“There should be more books by people of color about their own lived experiences, rather than unintentional parodies of their lived experiences by people who don’t have the actual experience to draw from.”

“The criticism isn’t merely about ‘who gets to tell which stories,’ it’s that this story was told so shabbily.”

I’ve got a bad feeling about this.

Is there any doubt that this is yet another one of Lucasfilm’s panicky overreactions to fan outrage?

If it’s simply about waiting for Ewan to be free, why essentially fire everyone and shut the whole thing down to be redone from the ground up? 

What about Deborah Chow? She seems like an up and coming director and doesn’t deserve this shit.

”while the series’ scripts are being re-worked to LucasFilm’s satisfaction, after possible concerns that the original version of the show was just a little too Mandalorian-esque (centered, as it reportedly was on, Obi-Wan working to keep Baby Luke safe on Tatooine).”