Roth’s sequel to Carve the Mark, The Fates Divide, was published this month. Even with the facts on her side, Roth-who has spoken about her anxiety in the past-says she lost some sleep over the ordeal. Roth noted in her response that the two fictional cultures depicted in Carve the Mark were “physically indistinguishable from another,” not based on race or skin color, and a close (or even casual) reading of the novel backs her up. It started when another YA author, Justina Ireland, accused Roth of “reinforcing cultural white supremacy” and encouraging readers to “code brown-skinned people as evil.” Within days, YA Twitter (which isn’t exactly known for levelheaded discourse) was abuzz with angry readers calling Carve the Mark racist. A Barrington native who graduated from Northwestern and currently lives on the North Side, Roth’s new space-fantasy series- Carve the Mark-made headlines for all the wrong reasons. All famous writers have to deal with angry fans at some point, but few have experienced what Divergent author Veronica Roth went through last year.
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