Yeah, it didn't escape me either that Gaiman is English and that his country has historically profited and continues to profit from the colonization (and murder, rape, enslavement, and oppressive) of other nations and peoples. So for him, as a beneficiary of so much of the suffering of other folks around the world to sit there and say "a few dead Indians" kind of smacks of the rankest ignorance, hypocrisy and privilege waving.
*rolls eyes*
And honestly? He could've answered that question in a way that would not have been so offensive. If someone asked "why not set the Graveyard Book in America" why didn't he just say, "I wanted to explore the type of graveyards found in England"? It's a perfectly legitimate reason and it has the advantages of not treating entire groups of people as unimportant, unworthy of respect, unremarkable, and as just "a few dead Indians".
If you want to right that A Few Dead Brits story, I will totally give it a beta-read for you.
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Date: 2010-04-20 12:36 pm (UTC)*rolls eyes*
And honestly? He could've answered that question in a way that would not have been so offensive. If someone asked "why not set the Graveyard Book in America" why didn't he just say, "I wanted to explore the type of graveyards found in England"? It's a perfectly legitimate reason and it has the advantages of not treating entire groups of people as unimportant, unworthy of respect, unremarkable, and as just "a few dead Indians".
If you want to right that A Few Dead Brits story, I will totally give it a beta-read for you.