Posted on 03/02/2021 10:16:43 AM PST by C19fan
Dutch writer Marieke Lucas Rijneveld, who won the International Booker Prize in 2020, has withdrawn from a project to translate Black American poet Amanda Gorman's work following a backlash against the commission.
Rijneveld, who is White and non-binary, announced they were to work on the project with publisher Meulenhoff on February 23, only to say they had handed back the commission three days later.
"I am shocked by the uproar around my involvement in the spread of the Amanda Gorman's message, and I understand the people who feel hurt by Meulenhoff's decision to ask me," wrote Rijneveld.
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There are only 10 kinds of people.
My feelings exactly.
There’s no merit or worthiness to those contributions if they create such a fuss to go with them.
I’ve got massive biases against 20th & 21st century “artists” anyways to begin with.
Obsession over “white,” “black,” “binary,” “non-binary” is a sign of insanity.
Are there any blacks that can translate into Dutch????
So what does that mean? Is she decimal, octal, hexadecimal?
Or perhaps she's base 12 or 13?
As white people, we should push back. Sauce for the goose and all.
Self hate must be a terrible burden.
No. Because Dutch=Afrikaans=South Africa=Apartheid=Racism=Oppression. No doubt it is some kind of betrayal to one’s race for a Black to even look at a Rembrandt let alone read and translate Dutch.
Those who understand binary, and those who don't.
Not to be confused with one of my all-time favorite Bidenisms: "This election is about a 3-letter word: J-O-B-S!"
ROTFLMChristianFreeAmericanHairyWhiteAO!!!
Why is this black woman writing in Dutch? That’s cultural appropriation.
I think it means she has only one boob.
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