Comments on: Novel with mixed protagonist up for prestigious literary award http://www.mixedmediawatch.com/2005/11/16/novel-with-mixed-protagonist-up-for-prestigious-literary-award/ Mon, 13 Oct 2008 20:11:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: Tana Pearl http://www.mixedmediawatch.com/2005/11/16/novel-with-mixed-protagonist-up-for-prestigious-literary-award/#comment-4350 Tana Pearl Sat, 04 Feb 2006 15:49:43 +0000 http://www.mixedmediawatch.com/index.php/archives/2005/11/novel-with-mixed-protagonist-up-for-prestigious-literary-award/#comment-4350 Hey, isn't this a novel - fiction? The writer can make up anything he wants. Did you like the book? Hey, isn’t this a novel - fiction? The writer can make up anything he wants. Did you like the book?

]]> By: Guilt Tripper http://www.mixedmediawatch.com/2005/11/16/novel-with-mixed-protagonist-up-for-prestigious-literary-award/#comment-2150 Guilt Tripper Thu, 17 Nov 2005 22:49:48 +0000 http://www.mixedmediawatch.com/index.php/archives/2005/11/novel-with-mixed-protagonist-up-for-prestigious-literary-award/#comment-2150 Hmm, heroic "Black" boy battles Deep Southern racists (predictably over a trophy prize White girl) with a Creole Voodoo mammy thrown in for good measure? The passage of time sure has a way of reducing complex history down to a few polarized stereotypes. Does this write-by-the-numbers romanticized Americana ever get old? "I got to backtrack about growing up as an Iceland colored, with double-recessive white genes, because my mambo grandmother was only part black, while my daddy was pure Scandinavian blond." LMAO - this poor attempt to combine patois with more worldly terms like "double-recessive" and "Scandinavian" is like mixing oil with water. This author must be very, very White... But aren't writers supposed to write what they know? Hmm, heroic “Black” boy battles Deep Southern racists (predictably over a trophy prize White girl) with a Creole Voodoo mammy thrown in for good measure? The passage of time sure has a way of reducing complex history down to a few polarized stereotypes. Does this write-by-the-numbers romanticized Americana ever get old?

“I got to backtrack about growing up as an Iceland colored, with double-recessive white genes, because my mambo grandmother was only part black, while my daddy was pure Scandinavian blond.”

LMAO - this poor attempt to combine patois with more worldly terms like “double-recessive” and “Scandinavian” is like mixing oil with water. This author must be very, very White…

But aren’t writers supposed to write what they know?

]]> By: Rachel S http://www.mixedmediawatch.com/2005/11/16/novel-with-mixed-protagonist-up-for-prestigious-literary-award/#comment-2121 Rachel S Thu, 17 Nov 2005 01:00:42 +0000 http://www.mixedmediawatch.com/index.php/archives/2005/11/novel-with-mixed-protagonist-up-for-prestigious-literary-award/#comment-2121 Okay, just a little humor here, but the award looks dangerous close to "White bread." I got a little chuckle out of that. Okay, just a little humor here, but the award looks dangerous close to “White bread.” I got a little chuckle out of that.

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