Re:Y.A. Author Pulls Her Debut After Pre-Publication Accusat...
by close04 on Wednesday February 06, 2019 @04:35AM
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Disclaimer: never heard of the book before today and will never read it (no longer in the Y segment of the YA audience). I'm basing my opinion on the info in the article and similar issues in the past.
> racial stereotypes and careless borrowing from other cultural traditions
It's time to accept we live in a world where you can't "win". Someone will be offended no matter what you do. First thing that popped in my head was if Dune would have still had a chance in today's world where each generation was raised with the increasing expectation that all opinions are equal and maybe their's is a little more equal.
The quote above disqualifies 95% of Hollywood movies. Russian/Chinese hackers? Arab terrorists? Damsel in distress? "Genius, billionaire, playboy, philanthropist" guy with tall blonde assistant? Mutants with superpowers being discriminated against?
I guess this backlash comes from people wanting to think they're changing society but don't bother picking their fights, they just join one that seems easy.
> a false oppression narrative that equates having legitimately dangerous magical powers that kill people with being an oppressed minority
Same person probably kept quiet when X-Men was pushing the narrative in order to protect their social media standing. The hypocrisy of going only after the "easy target" and for the wrong reasons undermines whatever point one might try to make.
> racial stereotypes and careless borrowing from other cultural traditions
It's time to accept we live in a world where you can't "win". Someone will be offended no matter what you do. First thing that popped in my head was if Dune would have still had a chance in today's world where each generation was raised with the increasing expectation that all opinions are equal and maybe their's is a little more equal.
The quote above disqualifies 95% of Hollywood movies. Russian/Chinese hackers? Arab terrorists? Damsel in distress? "Genius, billionaire, playboy, philanthropist" guy with tall blonde assistant? Mutants with superpowers being discriminated against?
I guess this backlash comes from people wanting to think they're changing society but don't bother picking their fights, they just join one that seems easy.
> a false oppression narrative that equates having legitimately dangerous magical powers that kill people with being an oppressed minority
Same person probably kept quiet when X-Men was pushing the narrative in order to protect their social media standing. The hypocrisy of going only after the "easy target" and for the wrong reasons undermines whatever point one might try to make.