Current Events > White author won't translate Black writers work after criticism/backlash

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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?

No, only white people are bad in their eyes

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We should separate everyone by the color of their skin for every situation

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This is dumb as shit.
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Why the fuck do some wierd ass black people and (probably mostly) dumb fuck privileged white people think segregating creative works is a good thing?


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That's dumb. It's just a translation. They should be happy that a black woman has her work translated into a new language to be spread to more readers

Would it help if she puts on blackface when she translates the poem?

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pikachupwnage posted...

Why the fuck do some wierd ass black people and (probably mostly) dumb fuck privileged white people think segregating creative works is a good thing?

It's white liberals. Most black people find this shit crazy.

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wokeism

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Wtf
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tote_all posted...

https://youtu.be/Ev373c7wSRg

Damn so true

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tote_all posted...

https://youtu.be/Ev373c7wSRg

That video never fails to get me to laugh.
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Stupid ass people.

Marieke Lucas Rijneveld is non-binary and uses they/them pronouns. This is clearly stated right near the beginning of the article that you linked in the OP, if you're trying to use them as your latest "sjws are out of control" bullshit you might want to take the time to show them some actual fucking respect so it doesn't look so blatantly fake.

This is the lefts wet dream. Divide everyone.

Tenlaar posted...

Marieke Lucas Rijneveld is non-binary and uses they/them pronouns. This is clearly stated right near the beginning of the article that you linked in the OP, if you're trying to use them as your latest "sjws are out of control" bullshit you might want to take the time to show them some actual fucking respect so it doesn't look so blatantly fake.

That's fair, though the problem of said person being forced off for a dumb reason still exists.
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It sucks hard, she handpicked this person to be her translator and the cancel crowd got offended.

Slayer_22 posted...

That's fair, though the problem of said person being forced off for a dumb reason still exists.

There's absolutely a conversation to be had about it, especially because the author selected them to do the translation, but it really bothers me that the TC is trying to use this to spread their "anti-woke" shit while blatantly disrespecting the person they are pretending to be sympathetic to here.

Separate drinking fountains will be next.

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Tenlaar posted...

There's absolutely a conversation to be had about it, especially because the author selected them to do the translation, but it really bothers me that the TC is trying to use this to spread their "anti-woke" shit while blatantly disrespecting the person they are pretending to be sympathetic to here.

Like I said, entirely fair. Though I don't think TC's opinion matters much at all compared to the issue at hand. They're easily ignored.
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So according to the woman in the article, they need to find a young black woman who's a spoken word poet and also works as an English to Dutch translator. That shouldn't be difficult.