[ SECRET POST #6155 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #6155 ⌋

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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

So basically, "but if it's a real world issue that affects me, a white person, like CAPITALISM BUT IN SPACE" it's fine???

[(Anonymous)]

Why do you want a bunch of white people dictating that the only thing that matters about a POC's life is the suffering they must be constantly experiencing?

'Cause you know that's how it is, right? 80% of the publishing industry is white, and if you waltz in there with a story about Black adventurers doing adventuresome things, they're more than likely to say, "but why aren't they all traumatized by racism? If you don't add that, we'll have to pass." Does that sound progressive to you, or does it sound like white people get off on seeing POC suffer? I'm at the point of thinking it's the latter.

[(Anonymous)]

It's not just that. It's that they want NO stories about racism and shit like that REGARDLESS of the race or whatever of the protag. So it reads very as, "I don't care about reading about these issues so long as they don't affect me. But Capitalism In Space? Sign me up, buddy!"

[(Anonymous)]

You did the thing. AYRT said they like pancakes and you assumed they hate waffles.

[(Anonymous)]

No, I took them at their word. They don't want racial politics because it doesn't affect them.

Literally.

"It's not that I don't care, it's just that it's an issue I don't have any real connection to and I don't need to see it rehashed over again in various AU settings"

As if the Greedy Corporation In Space (capitalism) isn't one of the most common sci-fi tropes, or the Greedy Noble In Fantasylandia (capitalism) isn't the most common fantasy counterpart. But I don't see them whining about it existing. I used the options I did for a very particular reason, you not catching on why I did is on you.

[(Anonymous)]

You "took them at their word" for one thing and then inserted something else they didn't say.

[(Anonymous)]

Not really. You can believe that, but I'm more rolling my eyes at how, once again, the Default (white) Experience is seen as just fine, but anything else is "messagey" and "preachy."

[(Anonymous)]

And I'm rolling my eyes that the default POC story can only have racism related drama to be interesting in so many novels.

[(Anonymous)]

THIS.