Laura Moriarty’s “American Heart” has been attacked for being a white savior narrative. Such stories should in fact be critiqued, but the attackers are often a bigger problem.
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Beware of Literature’s Purity Police
Posted in Uncategorized | Also tagged Alice Walker, American Heart, censorship, cyber bullying, Edith Wharton, Francine Prose, Harper Lee, Herman Melville, House of Mirth, Huckleberry Finn, Langston Hughes, Laura Moriarty, Lucille Clifton, Mark Twain, Moby Dick, To Kill a Mockingbird | Comments closed
