I did originally see this though, in a book reviewers tiktok where they said they disliked the book because of the racism.One way to get a nickname for anyone is to consider famous people bearing the same name. Also if you want more context literally just look up “Eleanor and park book racist?” There are several opinion based posts. So if a book depicts character that are racist, sexist, homophobic, or that has internalized racism, sexism, homophobia, etc, does that make the book negative or mean the author is promoting those negative things? Or are they giving a diverse narrative? Like because in real life there are people who perpetuate harmful stereotypes and are rude but there are also people that are the opposite.
Also, the context is that them and their peers are very young and some come from difficult situations and that doesn’t mean they will always be politically correct.So if one character says something out of pocket or negative, that just gives me more context on the characters themselves and makes the entire world more realistic, when people have different views that are comparable to the real world. I think when I read, I didn’t necessarily view the content as a reflection of the authors personal opinions because they are speaking through a diverse set of characters. But maybe I should reconsider it? I’m not sure. Idk I wonder if anyone else picked up on this? I definitely didn’t but I was young when I read it.
Or there’s an example that making parks mother work out of her garage as a hair stylist is based on asian stereotypes? I saw one blog that said Eleanor was fetishizing him and his family. It seems that the main critiques circle around Park and him being Korean, how he feels about himself (internalized racism?) and how other people like Eleanor talk about him and his family.
I haven’t read it in a while but it’s interesting that is what people picked up about it. Idk I just realized people think this book is extremely racist.
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