Another iffy statement in The Sellout (which I'm loving, regardless)

[David Morris]

Well, naming this guy "Bonbon" does throw all serious consideration into a
questionable land, doesn't it?

And, Mr. Thibodeau, down here you'd be a Cajun.  Cosmo on the Bayou.

David Morris 🐊🦀🦐

On Sun, Jun 23, 2019 at 9:22 AM Mark Thibodeau <jerkyleboeuf at gmail.com>
wrote:

> ...and another one that unfairly targets Canada (or Canadians, if we
> can take his erroneous slight against Cronenberg as being part and
> parcel).
>
> On page 149, when referring to the City of Lost White Male Privilege
> (in an otherwise fantastic bit of business about trying to get a
> sister city for Dickens), Beatty has Bonbon think:
>
> You couldn't shout "America, love it or leave it!" when deep down
> inside you longed to live in toronto. A city you told others was "so
> cosmopolitan," by which you really meant "not too cosmopolitan."
>
> Well, matter of fact, Toronto (where I live) certainly IS
> cosmopolitan... probably the MOST cosmopolitan city in North America,
> if by cosmopolitan, one means a city with a diverse racial mix. Whites
> have been a minority plurality here for years already, and the
> rocketing East Asian, East and West African, and South Asian
> populations aren't about to reverse any time soon. Also, recently, the
> number of Latino immigrants has risen dramatically. And currently,
> Black culture is experiencing a years-long BOOM in Toronto, and all of
> the above has made this city into a very interesting place to live in
> recent years.
>
> I mean... maybe I'm missing something here? Maybe I shouldn't take
> this slight so personally (I'm not even a native Torontonian, and even
> most CANADIANS hate on Toronto... but for different reasons... and
> it's true that the city has its origins as a buzz cut button-down
> "Toronto the nice" bastion of lily-white sexually repressed mainline
> Protestant propriety that has recently mutated into sub-Trumpian
> reaction). But jeez, man... sometimes you gotta just take the wins
> when they come your way, you know?!
>
> Love,
> yer old pal Jerky
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