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rudolphsboyfriend · 11 months

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I keep seeing white book reviewers complain about how Babel is so very in your face and obvious about its rage at colonialism as if they would not twist the meaning of the book to fit into their convenient little worldview and find a way to say 'ok.. BUT' if it were NOT so clearly and explicitly laid out I'm sorry but it's true.

#white people have SUCH a history of taking stories that are clearly by POC talking about their own experiences as POC #and twisting it so that it becomes a problem that they too can relate too. a problem that they also face #blatantly ignoring the intended message simply because it doesn't appeal to their incredibly narrow worldview #like death of the author exists but #there's a difference bw death of the authors and blatant and malicious murder of the author #especially when the work speaks so loudly for itself even distanced from the author #which is why I'm GLAD Babel decided NOT to be subtle or vague #anyway yeah #babel #babel rf kuang #babel or the necessity of violence #babel an arcane history #rf kuang

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