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a lot of curious literature out there. Hopefully they don't start banning all the 'white' novels *NM* Guava Send a noteboard - 23/08/2019 05:59:15 PM

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It annoys the hell out of me that the "woke" bloggers at TOR think that diversification of the author's cast of characters improves the story by making it more "accessible" to modern readers/viewers. Why? People of color avoided Lewis and Tolkien because their main characters were English, like them, hence white? A Wrinkle in Time only became "accessible" to people of color when the hideous movie made an Irish-American girl and three old white ladies more diverse?

White writers who write about characters who are non-white are accused of cultural appropriation. Which in all seriousness is why I hated the Alex Cross novels by James Patterson from the very first one. So which way is it? Do we commit cultural appropriation or do we stick to "what we know" and get accused of being exclusionary?


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Nothing annoys me more about WoT than readers criticizing it for issues that are actually covered - 22/08/2019 08:01:21 PM 949 Views
Yes - 23/08/2019 03:48:10 AM 470 Views
a lot of curious literature out there. Hopefully they don't start banning all the 'white' novels *NM* - 23/08/2019 05:59:15 PM 206 Views
Re: Yes - 26/08/2019 01:31:05 AM 475 Views
Like Scarlett Johansson said and then got crucified for it... - 26/08/2019 04:28:23 AM 349 Views
Actually, I think Leigh Butler annoys you more than that *NM* - 26/08/2019 06:34:15 AM 160 Views
Of course. Egwene is her favorite character. *NM* - 27/08/2019 06:18:03 PM 171 Views

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