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| Topic | White author won't translate Black writers work after criticism/backlash |
| toyota 03/01/21 11:34:16 PM #1: | https://www.theguardian.com/books/2021/mar/01/amanda-gorman-white-translator-quits-marieke-lucas-rijneveld Black writer (Amanda Gorman) writes some poem or something which is gaining popularity. Amanda Gorman selects some white chick to translate it into dutch White girl receives a lot of criticism and backlash because she isnt black. Quits project lmfao. what the hell is wrong with people these days. Now when it gets translated to Afghan or Vietnamese or something are they really expecting them to go out of their way to find a black person who speaks those languages and actively works as a writer/translator? ... Copied to Clipboard! |
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