I’ve said this before concerning what I believed to be cultural appropriation or something akin to it. I’ve also said similar things about a book that depicts elements of colonisation and native peoples.

In both instances though I was the one who was being criticised and invalidated for having come into those books with a different perspective/experience.

I think so long as this topic can be discussed civility it’s fine. But I also think there’s nothing wrong with saying, look, you’re not from this experience so the flags are going right over your head.