Yes, there is a lot more diversity in the media.
This is a conversation that needed to happen because a lot of people don’t realize how one-sided and dense media is in America. Although the difference is Perry is black. Yes, a lot of his stories are based on stereotypes, but in turn, they fueled other black writers to strive for something different, to put their story out there. What cannot be denied is that without Perry, jobs wouldn’t be created, actors wouldn’t have been recognized and a lot of black writers, directors and producers wouldn’t be part of media today. She said, “Obviously I like the book, I chose it.” However, during the discussion, Oprah made it very clear her stance on the conversation, formidably not backing down. Cummins pleaded her case by talking about the years of work she did at the border, interviewing families who have suffered and even trudging the trail herself.Īuthor Myriam Gurba, who was the first to publicly scrutinize Oprah and Cummins for this book, signed an open letter to Oprah to have it removed from the collection, along with at least 100 other writers, noted by The New York Times. Her quote ties into the fact that Cummins acknowledged and identified herself as privileged through her physical attributes. “Cummins not only trivializes the shades of our identities and experiences but also attempts to recuse herself from fault in posturing from a perspective that is not her own,” wrote Alex Zaragoza on Vice. President of Macmillan Publishers, Don Weisburg, and Cummins’ editor, Amy Einhorn (who are both white), were also in attendance, mainly to defend Cummins and to “apologize” for their part in all of this, further proving their point.
They went on Oprah’s show to not only debate about the book, but to inform Jeanine, Oprah and other naysayers on why there is such an uproar about it. Julissa Arce, Esther Cepeda and Reyna Grande are Mexican authors, journalists and activists. “When the publishing industry is 80% white, what I am really being asked to do is to make my stories more relevant to white people,” said Julissa Arce to Buzzfeed. The Unfortunate Reality of Missing Persons Cases - Missing White Woman Syndrome But as all these productions came out, black people began voicing their frustrations. Yes, most of these movies were great and encapsulate the story of being black in America. In comes “12 Years a Slave,” “Underground,” the “Roots” reboot, “Birth of a Nation,” “Free State of Jones,” “Belle” and many other films.
#Trauma porn skin#
This was also around the time that being #woke became a trend due to the deaths of Trayvon Martin, Eric Garner, Sandra Bland and countless other black people who lost their lives to police brutality because of their skin color. It’s especially painful if it’s just to appeal to a whiter demographic rather than educate the audience on the actual problem.Īn example of trauma porn is the increased amount of shows and movies coming out about African enslavement over the last decade. What is trauma porn and why is it so harmful to minorities in America? Trauma porn is when the plights and traumas of a culture or race are used for entertainment, and the story, in effect, diminishes their historical pain. However, as I started to do more in-depth research on the novel, the controversy started to rear its ugly head, and it seemed that the book was doing more harm than good.
Whether it be the Italian mafia, African American gangs or Hispanic/Latino cartels, anything that involves organized crime intrigues me. I will admit that when I first heard of the book a couple of months ago, it grabbed my attention because I love crime and gangster novels.
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