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dunno which white author needs to hear this but—
BIPOC asking you not to write a BIPOC main/POV character does not mean we don't want you to have ANY BIPOCs in your book.
absolutely have BIPOC characters in your book, make the cast diverse, just stop colonizing our stories.
BIPOC asking you not to write a BIPOC main/POV character does not mean we don't want you to have ANY BIPOCs in your book.
absolutely have BIPOC characters in your book, make the cast diverse, just stop colonizing our stories.
people keep twisting this into a conversation it isn't.
white folks — you are not equipped to tell what it's like being a BIPOC person. you are profiting and colonizing off culture when you decide to write a fantasy based on BIPOC culture.
white folks — you are not equipped to tell what it's like being a BIPOC person. you are profiting and colonizing off culture when you decide to write a fantasy based on BIPOC culture.
you literally have the ENTIRE market in publishing, let us tell our own stories.
muting this thread cuz i cant handle nonsense. i said what i said.
