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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’m late to the game but just did a 3-day binge of this story.

What struck me even early on is that Sonya, with a white passing name and face and from an affluent background, wrote her stories with characters named Chuntao and Bao who were working class. Even before we get into the plagiarism and kidney drama, that to me is appropriative to begin with — I’ve seen it done in my own minority group where the people who pass wave their heritage like a flag and use it as currency while those who actually face discrimination because they can’t pass are voiceless. Not to mention the tone deafness around class.

Combine that with the fact that Sonya weaponized her status against a woman from an actual working class background, even if she is white, makes all this a statement on how some portion of the elite are using their identities in a way that obfuscates actual power dynamics. [/quote]

THANK YOU. I dipped my toe into this line of observation more than 100 pages ago but it makes people nervous. My EXACT reaction because I’m mixed and know EXACTLY what you’re talking about. My WOC mom read the article at my urging and initially thought Dorland was half-Chinese, for the very limited amount it is worth. [/quote]

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