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Think of it this way. If the first part was the rule then White/cis/abled authors:
1) Can only write books with White/cis/abled MC’s. Which is boring and overdone.
2) Must write books that appeal to a smaller audience - that is to say, the people who only like https://twitter.com/luminarymilan_/status/1274857521543434241
Think of it this way. If the first part was the rule then White/cis/abled authors:
1) Can only write books with White/cis/abled MC’s. Which is boring and overdone.
2) Must write books that appeal to a smaller audience - that is to say, the people who only like https://twitter.com/luminarymilan_/status/1274857521543434241
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White/cis/abled MC’s - making their books less marketable.
3) Are forced to stifle their creativity and will miss out on a valuable chance to learn more about the POC/queer/disabled community.
Sensitivity training/readers is a wonderful idea to aid these kinds of authors in
White/cis/abled MC’s - making their books less marketable.
3) Are forced to stifle their creativity and will miss out on a valuable chance to learn more about the POC/queer/disabled community.
Sensitivity training/readers is a wonderful idea to aid these kinds of authors in
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branching out and making their works more *properly* inclusive, which is better than stifling a whole demographic of writers.
And you can MISS me with the “White/cis/abled authors deserve all that though” bullshit. I know some absolutely wonderful authors like this who
branching out and making their works more *properly* inclusive, which is better than stifling a whole demographic of writers.
And you can MISS me with the “White/cis/abled authors deserve all that though” bullshit. I know some absolutely wonderful authors like this who
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have wrote beautiful and immersive pieces with proper inclusion and POV. So feel free to unfollow me if you think it’s better to stifle others than to help them grow, I will argue this until the day I die.
#WritingCommnunity #WritersCafe #WritersLife #Writing
have wrote beautiful and immersive pieces with proper inclusion and POV. So feel free to unfollow me if you think it’s better to stifle others than to help them grow, I will argue this until the day I die.
#WritingCommnunity #WritersCafe #WritersLife #Writing
TACKING THIS TF ON TO THIS THREAD!! This is straight from someone who:
- deals with racism on a day to day basis at the workplace, in the dating world, in public, etc.
- has made some REAL change in the world with activism
- taught me the value of kindness and aid to others
- deals with racism on a day to day basis at the workplace, in the dating world, in public, etc.
- has made some REAL change in the world with activism
- taught me the value of kindness and aid to others
Also just learned the whacky absurdity of her never seeing the term ‘People of Color’ abbreviated 
