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What POC/BIPOC Readers Wish White Authors Knew When Writing POC/BIPOC Characters (via you guys)
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- Write us as actual people and not just for diversity points.
- We’re actual humans.
- We are not just stereotypes and everything we do does not have to do with our skin color.
- Do not compare our skin to food.
- Don’t make the character struggle to fit in with white people.
- We’re actual humans.
- We are not just stereotypes and everything we do does not have to do with our skin color.
- Do not compare our skin to food.
- Don’t make the character struggle to fit in with white people.
- Even if we’re white passing our culture still talks to us and we love our roots.
- Our identities makes us one with the people we share them with.
- Most POC don’t like stories that revolve around using our race as a crutch.
- Not all black girls are mean and scary.
- Our identities makes us one with the people we share them with.
- Most POC don’t like stories that revolve around using our race as a crutch.
- Not all black girls are mean and scary.
- Not all Latinx/Hispanic/Mexicans start talking in Spanish randomly or have an accent.
- Pay attention to little cultural things.
- Middle Eastern characters aren’t always the bad guys.
- STOP SEXUALIZING US. We're not here to fulfill your sexual fantasies.
- Pay attention to little cultural things.
- Middle Eastern characters aren’t always the bad guys.
- STOP SEXUALIZING US. We're not here to fulfill your sexual fantasies.
- We struggle a lot with how people perceive our individual proximity to whiteness.
- Embrace their race/ethnicity/differences without revolving the character’s personality/arc around it.
- Include our culture and represent the differences.
- A range of personalities.
- Embrace their race/ethnicity/differences without revolving the character’s personality/arc around it.
- Include our culture and represent the differences.
- A range of personalities.
- More biracial characters that aren’t half X and half white.
- DO YOUR RESEARCH and don’t use stereotypes.
- Appear more in fantasy (if you have dragons and elves you can have POC/BIPOC characters).
- Find love.
- Be MC’s or play important roles.
- DO YOUR RESEARCH and don’t use stereotypes.
- Appear more in fantasy (if you have dragons and elves you can have POC/BIPOC characters).
- Find love.
- Be MC’s or play important roles.
- Be mindful of how you portray your POC characters.
- There can be asshole POC characters but make sure to have good ones too.
- Talk to POC/BIPOC people.
- Make them complex: give them flaws, weaknesses, strengths, and problematic at times.
- There can be asshole POC characters but make sure to have good ones too.
- Talk to POC/BIPOC people.
- Make them complex: give them flaws, weaknesses, strengths, and problematic at times.
- Not all POC raised in Western society are completely Westernized.
Please check out WritingwithColor on Tumblr for tips and advice on writing POC characters! It's run by POC, easy to navigate, and a great resource for research.
Please check out WritingwithColor on Tumblr for tips and advice on writing POC characters! It's run by POC, easy to navigate, and a great resource for research.
I didn’t expect this to get the attention it’s getting. Something about this thread was about to my attention and I want to address it.
POC/BIPOC do not want white authors writing the experience of POC/BIPOC people because they won’t accurately represent it.
POC/BIPOC do not want white authors writing the experience of POC/BIPOC people because they won’t accurately represent it.
