The author of “American Dirt,” a book about an American woman’s unexpected journey with illegal immigrants jumping the border from Mexico into the United States after her husband is killed by drug lords, is canceling her blockbuster book tour amid allegations that her woke tale is “racist” and that she engaged in “cultural appropriation.”
Jeanine Cummins has dropped out of scheduled appearances in support of “American Dirt” scheduled to begin this week, according to CNN. Cummins didn’t give a reason for suddenly clearing her calendar, but her publisher, Flatiron Books, told CNN that “based on specific threats to booksellers and the author, we believe there exists real peril to their safety.”
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