The identity politics surrounding media is exhausting. For an even more extreme example, Jean Auel was neither Cro-Magnon nor Neanderthal, yet she wrote a popular and compelling story of prehistoric peoples. Sure, there are many issues with corporate publishing as an industry, but it is also easier than ever before for independent authors to self-publish via Amazon or crowdfunding. If this book is a success, it should serve as a signal to Hispanic authors to tell their stories. But is someone Hispanic automatically more authoritative, even if they have never been a migrant or encountered anyone from drug cartels? That kind of implicit assumption seems "problematic," too.
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I agree with you entirely, whilst still supporting the need to support less privileged writers to give them the opportunity to tell their story.
I loved the Clan of The Cave Bear series!!