I ran into a post on Feministing, called "
link". It asserts that
New Moon problematically depicts Quileutes as naturally abusive because of the werewolf thing, which is racist against Native Americans. The post describes how domestic violence is a serious problem in Native American communities, and
New Moon makes it seem like Native Americans are naturally abusive. I find the post heavily flawed, and offer this as my response.
Feministing blogger Ann Friedman's thesis is that
New Moon portrays domestic violence in Native American peoples as inherent, in their DNA, and that it's problematic as...
