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sgaana (![[info]](http://www.journalfen.net/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} sgaana) wrote in ![[info]](http://www.journalfen.net/img/community.gif){kind=small} unfunny_fandom, |
The fact that she wants to insist on all details conforming to an encyclopedic idea of what Turkey is about is very telling, I think.
Wanting someone to get the country's capital right, and not make BASIC mistakes regarding geography, history, and culture, is nowhere near the same thing as desiring "an encyclopedic idea" of what Turkey is about. Except in the sense that those are BASIC FACTS that any idiot could glean from an encyclopedia in about 5 seconds.
I think what is very telling about the poster's rant is that she wants the subject of Turkey to be treated with a basic level of respect with regard to what it actually is -- rather than having it portrayed as a mishmash of outdated, harmful, and incorrect stereotypes. Gosh, how unreasonable of her!
Why does it matter to you whether she has some kind of unprovable bonafides about "how Turkish she really is", when the actual problem is that the book is WRONG on multiple counts, there really isn't any excuse for it, and the editor shouldn't be defending its mistakes?
I'm not Turkish. I only worked for an archaeological dig in Turkey for 10 years. But if I'd come across this book, I would have been writing a stiff letter about it -- and a scathing Amazon review -- myself, because I don't NEED to be Turkish either to care about the country being reflected inaccurately, or to care in general about books for young adults perpetuating ignorance by feeding them a lot of inaccurate information.
Wanting someone to get the country's capital right, and not make BASIC mistakes regarding geography, history, and culture, is nowhere near the same thing as desiring "an encyclopedic idea" of what Turkey is about. Except in the sense that those are BASIC FACTS that any idiot could glean from an encyclopedia in about 5 seconds.
I think what is very telling about the poster's rant is that she wants the subject of Turkey to be treated with a basic level of respect with regard to what it actually is -- rather than having it portrayed as a mishmash of outdated, harmful, and incorrect stereotypes. Gosh, how unreasonable of her!
Why does it matter to you whether she has some kind of unprovable bonafides about "how Turkish she really is", when the actual problem is that the book is WRONG on multiple counts, there really isn't any excuse for it, and the editor shouldn't be defending its mistakes?
I'm not Turkish. I only worked for an archaeological dig in Turkey for 10 years. But if I'd come across this book, I would have been writing a stiff letter about it -- and a scathing Amazon review -- myself, because I don't NEED to be Turkish either to care about the country being reflected inaccurately, or to care in general about books for young adults perpetuating ignorance by feeding them a lot of inaccurate information.
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