Interstellar_1@lemmy.blahaj.zone to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 5 months agoWhat is the worst experience you've had reading a book?message-squaremessage-square250fedilinkarrow-up1149arrow-down17
arrow-up1142arrow-down1message-squareWhat is the worst experience you've had reading a book?Interstellar_1@lemmy.blahaj.zone to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 5 months agomessage-square250fedilink
minus-squareHelluvaKick@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·5 months agoBe warned. There’s some real…racist choices made in the audiobook reading.
minus-square🇸🇵🇪🇨🇺🇱🇦🇹🇪🇷@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·5 months agoAre you referring to how he reads Odetta/Detta’s voices?
minus-squareHelluvaKick@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·5 months agoDefinitely. I know it’s kinda written that way but I was not ready for that old man to fully lean into it. I was perplexed and wanted to turn it off. I listened through that over a decade ago and that’s still what I remember most from that audiobook.
minus-square🇸🇵🇪🇨🇺🇱🇦🇹🇪🇷@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·5 months agoI agree that it’s uncomfortable, but I do think it was true to how it was written. I’m not sure I’d call it racist in the overt sense of the word, but as I white person, I’m not sure I’m qualified to make that judgement.
minus-squareCryophilia@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·5 months agoSome people just think everything is racist.
Be warned. There’s some real…racist choices made in the audiobook reading.
Are you referring to how he reads Odetta/Detta’s voices?
Definitely. I know it’s kinda written that way but I was not ready for that old man to fully lean into it. I was perplexed and wanted to turn it off.
I listened through that over a decade ago and that’s still what I remember most from that audiobook.
I agree that it’s uncomfortable, but I do think it was true to how it was written. I’m not sure I’d call it racist in the overt sense of the word, but as I white person, I’m not sure I’m qualified to make that judgement.
Some people just think everything is racist.