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Non-binary white author is accused of publishing under a fake Latin American alias for the second time by online sleuths who also allege the writer carried out a campaign of 'racist bullying' The scandal starts as far back as 2020 - with Taylor Barton, 32, from Oregon READ MORE: Ominous warning from author behind 'real life Yellowface' By Elmira Tanatarova Published: 10:07, 11 June 2024 | Updated: 10:17, 11 June 2024 e-mail View comments The publishing industry is stirring with yet another controversy - as a white author who 'pretended to be a person of color' after being accused of hurling racist 'abuse' at other writers is suspected to be publishing works under another alias. It has sparked comparisons to the hit book by RF Kuang on BookTok - where a white author steals an Asian writer's manuscript - a novelist is under suspicion of co-opting a different identity to avoid being linked to their disgraced past. The scandal goes back as far as 2020, when fantasy author Taylor Barton, 32, from Oregon (who also went by Taylor Brooke) allegedly bullied people on the basis of their race, many of whom came forward on social media, Fanficable reported.

Taylor, who is non-binary and is understood to go by they/she pronouns, had admitted to 'making mistakes' in an online apology, according to the outlet. 'I'm learning, growing and taking steps to interrogate my own internalized racism. Anger has always been my shield, but vulnerability is the only way I will ever learn to grow,' Taylo.



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