She doesn't know anything about the kind of people she writes... And so she writes them stereotypically and badly.
Even her view on being an "Hispanic American" is askew.
My family is half descended from a mix of the original Spaniards(the bad men that came for gold and conquering) and the Native Mexicans, throw in some Native American here and there. The other half German, add a little Italian. And voila!
My mother has pretty much the same background as the Anita Blake character(I have a similar one, but I get the bit of Italian from my bio dad's family). And race does NOT play a factor as much as LKH writes into the character(I mean... Especially in the early books her being half Mexican was all over the place). It's almost like she talks about it as a handicap she has to overcome... Like being a woman. All of it would be vaugely insulting if I cared enough.
Le sigh... She needs to research more then guns and Nike swooshes.
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She doesn't know anything about the kind of people she writes... And so she writes them stereotypically and badly.
Even her view on being an "Hispanic American" is askew.
My family is half descended from a mix of the original Spaniards(the bad men that came for gold and conquering) and the Native Mexicans, throw in some Native American here and there. The other half German, add a little Italian. And voila!
My mother has pretty much the same background as the Anita Blake character(I have a similar one, but I get the bit of Italian from my bio dad's family). And race does NOT play a factor as much as LKH writes into the character(I mean... Especially in the early books her being half Mexican was all over the place). It's almost like she talks about it as a handicap she has to overcome... Like being a woman. All of it would be vaugely insulting if I cared enough.
Le sigh... She needs to research more then guns and Nike swooshes.