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https://www.worldswithoutend.com/novel.asp?ID=226
I was recently reminded of John Crowley's "LIttle, Big".
It's a fantasy family saga - or is a work of magical realism? - from the early eighties that won a couple of awards and that enjoys a cult following.
I read it some time ago and remember feeling disappointed. The "faerie" world, far from enchanting me, struck me as twee in places, and I also recall being put off by some self conscious "fine writing".
I also think I remember an African American character called Fred Savage who offered aid and advice in hoky dialect to a white protagonist before turning into a tree - in short, the Magical Negro trope at its worst.
Or have I misremembered this? I can't find Fred Savage referenced in the Wikipedia article on the book.
#Books #Fantasy #LittleBig #JohnCrowley #FredSavage #MagicalNegro
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CW: CW: Jamie Oliver, Racist stereotypes, First Nations, Stolen Generations, Cultural Appropriation
Jamie Oliver apologises after his children’s book is criticised for ‘stereotyping’ First Nations Australians
https://www.theguardian.com/food/2024/nov/09/jamie-oliver-apologises-after-childrens-book-criticised-for-stereotyping-first-nations-australians-ntwnfbI'm no expert on Indigenous people, but think even as a white person it should be easy to spot grotesque racism and not do it.
But somehow, Jamie Oliver didn't have a second thought about writing a book with cultural appropriation, magical negro meme bullshit, and kidnapping Indigenous children. Worse, he put it in a children's book he wrote that includes a character of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander heritage.
The publisher, Penguin Random House UK, is going "Oops, my bad" about it. They're not saying how a children's book in the 21st century got all the way through their commissioning, editing, publishing, and promotional processes without anyone asking if it's good or harmful to go ahead with this breathtakingly racist garbage.
#JamieOliver #Racism #FirstNations #StolenGenerations #CulturalAppropriation #MagicalNegro
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Tim Scott and the “Token Black Guy”
Garrison Hayes
@garrisonhayes
#BlackMastodon #Tokenism #MagicalNegro #Whiteness
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Pictured: Four wealthy, powerful White guys, collectively at least one Supreme Court justice, maybe more, engaged by their magical Negro — who represents them on the Court.
#ClarenceThomas #MagicalNegro #HarlanCrow #LeonardLeo #PeterRutledge #MarkPaoletta #SupremeCourt #FederalistSociety #ChristianNationalism #WhiteNationalism #WhitePatriarchy #SCOTUS #JudicialEthics #corruption -
Pictured: Four wealthy, powerful White guys, collectively at least one Supreme Court justice, maybe more, engaged by their magical Negro — who represents them on the Court.
#ClarenceThomas #MagicalNegro #HarlanCrow #LeonardLeo #PeterRutledge #MarkPaoletta #SupremeCourt #FederalistSociety #ChristianNationalism #WhiteNationalism #WhitePatriarchy #SCOTUS #JudicialEthics #corruption -
Pictured: Four wealthy, powerful White guys, collectively at least one Supreme Court justice, maybe more, engaged by their magical Negro — who represents them on the Court.
#ClarenceThomas #MagicalNegro #HarlanCrow #LeonardLeo #PeterRutledge #MarkPaoletta #SupremeCourt #FederalistSociety #ChristianNationalism #WhiteNationalism #WhitePatriarchy #SCOTUS #JudicialEthics #corruption -
Pictured: Four wealthy, powerful White guys, collectively at least one Supreme Court justice, maybe more, engaged by their magical Negro — who represents them on the Court.
#ClarenceThomas #MagicalNegro #HarlanCrow #LeonardLeo #PeterRutledge #MarkPaoletta #SupremeCourt #FederalistSociety #ChristianNationalism #WhiteNationalism #WhitePatriarchy #SCOTUS #JudicialEthics #corruption