[ SECRET POST #2667 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2667 ⌋

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Comments

[sarillia]

I think this is good advice in general but it depends on the recommend-ee. I like looking at portrayals of people with disabilities in media and I have friends who recommend stuff to me based on the fact that they have well-done disabled characters. If OP's friend would see "awesome Muslim heroine" as a plus then I think OP should go ahead and recommend the series.

[a_potato]

I think this is a good addendum to an otherwise good comment.

[iceyred]

I think I like your suggestion better. Sometimes people like reading/watching characters who resemble them. Nothing wrong with that. Nothing wrong with saying 'Hey, I read this book about this character. She's . It's a great story, and X, Y, and Z happened, which I really loved. I know there aren't a lot of stories featuring characters who are . Would you be interested?'

If the other person doesn't want to read it then they always have the option of saying no. It's not that hard.

[(Anonymous)]

Except the OP can't know what her coworker would like to read, in this case: would they want someone who looks like them, shares a culture with them, shares a religion with them or share an ethnicity with them or have the same nationality as them? These might very well be completely different things for someone who is from Pakistan. Saying "you should read this because you guys look alike!" just shows how ignorant you are about all of these topics and is frankly kinda rude.

[iceyred]

Except they could ask their co-worker what they like to read. Good gravy, they could even ask them if the portrayal of their culture was authentic, what the coworker thought of this character. Goodness, they could have a conversation!

I mean, I don't get offended when people ask about my culture or talk about books or media that feature it. I'm guessing that most people who are not jerks like it when others take an interest in their culture and it's portrayal in media.

I'm not the ignorant one here. I know how to have a conversation.