I recently read at EURweb.com that veteran producer Debra Martin Chase has made a deal with author Alisa Valdes-Rodriguez to adapt her book The Dirty Girls Social Club to the big screen. Now, I've never read this book so I don't know what it's about. But I'm always glad to see an author's work taken to the next level.
The sad part of it is that Ms. V-R's joy was diminished a bit because of some of the comments made in response to the deal. It seems some EURweb readers felt Ms. M-C had sold out because she, as a prominent African-American, had taken on a project that actually (gasp) featured non-African-American characters.
Um, what's the problem?
In this day and age, are we (some of us) really hatin' on each other because one of us chooses to step outside our immediate culture to conduct business? Are we really that ignorant? And exactly how far does the ignorance extend? Should we no longer read books by non-African-American authors? What about television? Are we supposed to turn away from shows that don't feature black characters or that weren't penned by black writers? What kind of sense does that make?
I swear, we are our own worst enemies sometimes. Too many times. Let's move on, shall we? And as for you, Alisa V-R, write on, hermana! Write on.
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