I was wishing and hoping and praying there would be a backlash to the twist on racial issues I present in my new Young Adult novel, Save The Pearls, Part One, Revealing Eden.
― goole, Friday, 27 July 2012 15:30 (eleven years ago) link
She uses the term "white race" and refers to a white-black relationship as "Beauty and the Beast" all while patting herself on the back for being race-blind. Smdh
― Marco YOLO (Phil D.), Friday, 27 July 2012 15:31 (eleven years ago) link
Conceivably, if the book had not reached the African-American community of readers, if such a category still exists, perhaps there might be some backlash.
what
― pplains, Friday, 27 July 2012 15:31 (eleven years ago) link
omg that trailer
― I dont even know that I think this sucks per se (forksclovetofu), Friday, 27 July 2012 15:31 (eleven years ago) link
Conceivably, if the book had not reached the African-American community of readers, if such a category still exists, perhaps there might be some backlash. The first young African American reader who responded to me loved the book. But then, she's the kind of free spirit who would eschew limiting herself to a single category.
― how's life, Friday, 27 July 2012 15:32 (eleven years ago) link
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Does she mean that in this oh-so colorblind world that it's just a community of readers without any racial designation or that there is no longer a community of African-American readers?
Because, I'll tell you which meaning comes across much faster in the context of the rest of the article...
― pplains, Friday, 27 July 2012 15:33 (eleven years ago) link
i think usage of the phrase "lack of any racial outrage" should likely be embargoed until The Heat is actually the leading cause of death among young adult authors
― I dont even know that I think this sucks per se (forksclovetofu), Friday, 27 July 2012 15:33 (eleven years ago) link
This says a lot about how terrible the "book review blogging community" is if no one even batted an eyebrow at this trash.
― heated debate over derpy hooves (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 27 July 2012 15:33 (eleven years ago) link
Some folks might call it an interracial relationship. I calls it more something like "Beauty & The Beast". There, that's much better, right?
― pplains, Friday, 27 July 2012 15:34 (eleven years ago) link
i had an awesome idea: what if black people were REVERSE VAMPIRES? omg, i'm gonna get a movie deal so fucken fast
― I dont even know that I think this sucks per se (forksclovetofu), Friday, 27 July 2012 15:34 (eleven years ago) link
The first young African American reader who responded to me loved the book. But then, she's the kind of free spirit who would eschew limiting herself to a single category.
Racial puppetry in HuffPost troll pieces.
― Bananaman Begins, Friday, 27 July 2012 15:35 (eleven years ago) link
truly, the internet is unanimous in approval of this bookhttp://www.tumblr.com/tagged/save-the-pearls
― I dont even know that I think this sucks per se (forksclovetofu), Friday, 27 July 2012 15:37 (eleven years ago) link
christine brooke-rose wrote a novel about an oppressed white population in post-nuclear war africa. it was actually quite a good novel.
― thomp, Friday, 27 July 2012 15:39 (eleven years ago) link
god is this going to take off
― goole, Friday, 27 July 2012 15:39 (eleven years ago) link
http://www.amazon.com/Revealing-Eden-Save-Pearls-Part/dp/0983650322lol, keep scrolling past the sales info to get to the actual reviews
― I dont even know that I think this sucks per se (forksclovetofu), Friday, 27 July 2012 15:39 (eleven years ago) link
the internet seems to have discovered this over the past day or two, I think it's going to take off into the garbage
― I dont even know that I think this sucks per se (forksclovetofu), Friday, 27 July 2012 15:40 (eleven years ago) link
Still, 31 5-star ratings versus 10 1-star ratings. smdh
― heated debate over derpy hooves (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 27 July 2012 15:41 (eleven years ago) link
read a few of those ratings, they are cousins and agents
― I dont even know that I think this sucks per se (forksclovetofu), Friday, 27 July 2012 15:43 (eleven years ago) link
the arms of a powerful beast-man she believes is her enemy
― Shrimpface Killah (Noodle Vague), Friday, 27 July 2012 15:46 (eleven years ago) link
the African-American community of readers, if such a category still exists,
I can't parse this, I'm trying to be compassionate toward this woman's stupidity but it's impossible
― Ówen P., Friday, 27 July 2012 15:48 (eleven years ago) link
if i change my DN to Coal Porker have i crossed a line?
― Shrimpface Killah (Noodle Vague), Friday, 27 July 2012 15:52 (eleven years ago) link
if this series becomes successful, I seriously give up
― keeping things contextual (DJP), Friday, 27 July 2012 16:19 (eleven years ago) link
I do have great love for the tumblr post that read "If you want a vision of the future, imagine boot polish on a human face. Forever."
But yeah obviously fuck this shit.
― Andrew Farrell, Friday, 27 July 2012 16:37 (eleven years ago) link
white women in peril, dystopian YA sci-fi edition
― real men have been preparing manly dishes for centuries (elmo argonaut), Friday, 27 July 2012 16:39 (eleven years ago) link
If this seriously does take off and become "a thing" I'm pretty much going to throw my arms up in the air and go live in a cave.
― heated debate over derpy hooves (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 27 July 2012 16:39 (eleven years ago) link
Like the rest of the pearls, gotcha.
― pplains, Friday, 27 July 2012 16:44 (eleven years ago) link
lol well played
― heated debate over derpy hooves (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 27 July 2012 16:45 (eleven years ago) link
this is the most horrific thing
― mississippi joan hart (crüt), Friday, 27 July 2012 20:08 (eleven years ago) link
this is just some ignore-able self-published junk, right? hopefully not the next 50 shades of grey
― Nhex, Friday, 27 July 2012 20:16 (eleven years ago) link
hey guys is this racist
http://www.fox19.com/story/19125864/black-wedding-banned-by-baptist-church
― it's smdh time in America (will), Friday, 27 July 2012 22:42 (eleven years ago) link
dunno this seems like some boneheaded provocative "I went there!" attempt to teach kids about racism by flipping the script or something? nb I have not read anything other than this thread
xp holy what
― catbus otm (gbx), Friday, 27 July 2012 22:49 (eleven years ago) link
Church officials say they welcome any race into their congregation. They now plan to hold internal meetings on how to move forward, should this situation occur again.
― it's smdh time in America (will), Friday, 27 July 2012 23:02 (eleven years ago) link
Tiger’s-Eyes, or Latinos, usually rate above Ambers, or Asians, in the future race wars. White-skinned Pearls offer little resistance to The Heat, and therefore, are at the bottom. Only a Cotton, or Albino, would be lower.
^^real
― NASCAR, surfing, raising chickens, owning land (zachlyon), Saturday, 28 July 2012 05:25 (eleven years ago) link
StP will be the most lucrative film franchise ever and by 2075 everyone will call latinos "tiger eyes"
― NASCAR, surfing, raising chickens, owning land (zachlyon), Saturday, 28 July 2012 05:26 (eleven years ago) link
dear god "cottons"
― NASCAR, surfing, raising chickens, owning land (zachlyon), Saturday, 28 July 2012 05:27 (eleven years ago) link
racism is over
whew
― catbus otm (gbx), Saturday, 28 July 2012 05:47 (eleven years ago) link
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/28/White_Mans_Burden.jpg
― omar little, Saturday, 28 July 2012 05:49 (eleven years ago) link
Our extensive background in the world of independent filmmaking gives us a fresh outlook on marketing our books. We have many resources for creating video book trailers and viral campaigns, coupled with expertise in marketing, public relations and social media strategy, that results in the unrivalled execution of book launches.
from the publisher website, sanddollarpress. This appears to be the only book they are involved with. It has taken seven months, but it has finally gone viral.
The protagonist of her earlier novel, written for News Corp., was described as "a teen as appealing as Holden Caufield" in one of the six reviews obtained by Amazon. (amazon, I'm dreaming of a series of teen dystopias about some big tiger-eyed bitches oppressing some normalish dudes)
― warren harding (Zachary Taylor), Saturday, 28 July 2012 06:13 (eleven years ago) link
I assume the thought process behind the book was "how can i rip off Noughts & Crosses and Hunger Games at the same time?" rather than any deliberate racism but it sounds like it has been done so ineptly it can't help but come across as enormously offensive.
― Temporarily Famous In The Czech Republic (ShariVari), Saturday, 28 July 2012 06:47 (eleven years ago) link
honestly at first i gave her benefit of the doubt and assumed she wanted to show how ~absurd~ racism is by trying to get white ppl to relate (still completely racist) but after reading more i'm 100% convinced she's angry about reverse racism
― NASCAR, surfing, raising chickens, owning land (zachlyon), Saturday, 28 July 2012 06:54 (eleven years ago) link
^^ "by" meant "and trying to get white ppl..."
You might be right. It does sound like it has just taken the central theme of Noughts & Crosses (black ppl, or "crosses", oppress white ppl, or "noughts") and combined it with the survivalism of Hunger Games in an attempt to cash in but there could be a more sinister motive.
Noughts & Crosses is explicitly aimed at getting kids to think about racism from an alternative perspective and change their own assumptions / behaviours. However badly this has been written, and whatever motivation the author has, i assume the success of Malorie Blackman's series would have at least influenced the way this one was received.
― Temporarily Famous In The Czech Republic (ShariVari), Saturday, 28 July 2012 07:08 (eleven years ago) link
Imo this book is about a bunch of weird racial issues the author has. Im not even going to get into the interracial relationship part, but the white supremacist fear of what poc would do in retaliation for their oppression if white privelege disappeared is a long-running theme in white supremacist thought. I mean, its the basic driving force in conservative immigration policy right?
― mind your business lady (D-40), Saturday, 28 July 2012 20:37 (eleven years ago) link
cannot believe this book is real.
― horseshoe, Saturday, 28 July 2012 21:37 (eleven years ago) link
i didn't know about Noughts and Crosses either
― Nhex, Saturday, 28 July 2012 21:47 (eleven years ago) link
please tell me the awards this foyt lady has won for these novels are basically you nominate yourself and you win awards. i can't stop thinking about these books and kids actually being encouraged to read them.
― horseshoe, Saturday, 28 July 2012 23:56 (eleven years ago) link
oh, wait, is she a self-publisher?
― horseshoe, Sunday, 29 July 2012 00:15 (eleven years ago) link
noughts and crosses is some UK thing, right? I don't think it's a us book.
― I dont even know that I think this sucks per se (forksclovetofu), Sunday, 29 July 2012 14:07 (eleven years ago) link