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So, I'll grant you that the book may not be saying those things. But if that's how its being presented, and the author approved that representation, why would o

• protomyth 10y ago
  I think a person not trying to call the author a racist or disparage the topic would find the description par for the course in that category of book regardless of author or ideology. Publishers do know how to sell books. I think a person who goes into the book with a must-find-fault attitude wouldn't gain anything from the experience, just as for any other book. As to why? I don't know how much control she has over that, not that I disagree with it in the first place. I know from a couple of author friends on the bottom rungs of the ladder that blurb and cover are very often not approved by the author. If you routinely judge books like that then you might instead want to read the first chapter or listen to the audio sample.