I don't know if you followed the links, but the short version?
I posted a review of "the Becoming" that pointed out some of the racial issues in that book and Stein replied to that review very defensively to that response and seemed to think that pointing out that describing her sole Asian character (a housekeeper, btw) as "exotic" could be offensive and problematic was the equivalent of calling her a GIGANTIC RACIST.
What people didn't see was the first response she posted then deleted, which was even WORSE.
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I posted a review of "the Becoming" that pointed out some of the racial issues in that book and Stein replied to that review very defensively to that response and seemed to think that pointing out that describing her sole Asian character (a housekeeper, btw) as "exotic" could be offensive and problematic was the equivalent of calling her a GIGANTIC RACIST.
What people didn't see was the first response she posted then deleted, which was even WORSE.