Not very perceptive at all. The book really has nothing to do with the fact that the girl is Latin American, her immigration status, or anything else, but is simply a depiction of a very common problem among powerless young women...whether victims of international human slavery, runaway kids (probably fleeing sexual exploitation by a family member) or psychologically vulnerable people.
Interpreting it as an attack on Latin American culture is ridiculous, because this is certainly not a part of Latin American culture.
And btw, why wasn’t the NYT and the rest of the gang out there supporting Trump on his newAnti-Human Slavery initiative. But I guess since Epstein and Dem friends had been enjoying and profiting on the human slavery, the Times could not possibly acknowledge this.
One commenter (user_3345680) points out the paradox that the author
didn’t want to write about “American Dirt” because it would draw attention to “American Dirt,” so she wrote an essay about not writing about “American Dirt.”..
Another discerns that the author refused to review a book because the portrayals in the book do not agree with her political world view.
Others point out it “identifies the true dictatorial intolerance and fascist nature of today’s left/lib/prog/politically correct/identity politics/ dogma,” the “New Puritanism where parishioners fear being put into the stocks for breaking some hard and fast rule of social decorum..”
There’s a growing backlash against woke, PC culture, and those comments are an example of that.
What the hell is a latinx? Is that a breed of cat, like a minx?
I suspect you can read unlimited articles if you delete the Globe's cookies.
Unable to read due to no subscription. I won’t give them my email either.
Publisher cancels 'American Dirt' book tour over security concerns
This is SJWs eating each other. The ideology is so illogical it’s impossible for anyone to be woke enough.