The initial real pan of United states Dirt came call at December, in the blog that is academic of Meta. Inside it, the Chicana journalist Myriam Gurba takes Cummins to endeavor for “(1) appropriating genius functions by individuals of color; (2) slapping a coating of mayonesa on it which will make palatable to taste buds estados-unidenses and (3) repackaging them for mass racially вЂcolorblind’ consumption.”
Gurba defines American Dirt as “trauma porn that wears a social justice fig leaf,” arguing, “American Dirt fails to mention any Mexican sensibility. It aspires become DГa de los Muertos however it, alternatively, embodies Halloween.” More than anything else, she critiques just how Cummins positions the usa as being a safe haven for migrants, a utopia awaiting them not in the bloody criminal activity zone of Mexico. Lees verder