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icedgarlic · 11 months ago

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the irony of Donna Tartt writing a whole novel critquing the dangers of academic elitism while also having little POC characters or just shit ass stereotypes

#i liked the secret history #and enjoyed the goldfinch #but yall she's highkey racist ermm #like i understand tsh not having as many poc because of the themes of academic elitism #and usually people's view of that is very white dominated #however the goldfinch?#BRO IS FROM NYC #like there is no way theo is calling every asian character weird #like the stinky korean social worker #or the “chinaman”#i loved the writing #the journey is just so well written #but like ms tartt tf #the goldfinch #the secret history

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