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fandomsecrets2015-10-11 03:43 pm
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[ SECRET POST #3203 ]
⌈ Secret Post #3203 ⌋
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Re: Question thread!
Sticking to "what you know" and not branching out is a recipe for no diversity. Take risks, research a culture you don't know and try to be diverse! Treat the POC like the white characters and you'll hopefully be alright.
Re: Question thread!
(Anonymous) 2015-10-11 09:38 pm (UTC)(link)welll... sometimes POC have different experiences/perspectives/cultural signifiers so colour-blind writing doesn't always work so well. but yeah writing POC as fully fleshed out and diverse and internally contradictory as the white characters tend to be in books written by white people, for sure.
Re: Question thread!
Re: Question thread!
(Anonymous) 2015-10-11 11:08 pm (UTC)(link)Essentially, that statement, voiced by a white writer on how to write POC, was what started the LJ Racefail controversy.
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