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Why a white poet did not translate Amanda Gorman © Reuters Although Amanda Gormans team backed the choice of the Dutch poet, there was an outcry in the Netherlands Amanda Gormans The Hill We Climb stole the show at Joe Bidens presidential inauguration but when a renowned Dutch author was asked to translate her work there was an outcry because the translator is not black. Critics said it was not just about skin colour but identity too. This was not simply about translation but whether Gormans...