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Becoming the author doesn't give you super powers. You can't suddenly become rich, you can't avoid heart attacks or avoid being unfairly criticized. But it's possible to fake it till you make it through the power of story telling. Especially when we share our stories.

If I feel hopeless in my situation I can read a story about how someone similar in my situation made it out. By writing the story, the author is imbued with aspects of the character b/c modeling the character is part and parcel of writing the story.

Lone-wolf authors can create resolutions to situations that no one else using hackneyed plot devices can think of. They constantly add to the collective story telling arsenal. If one happens to solve the Big Expensive Plot Issue of the day they are hailed as a genius.

These plot devices can be very specific. E.g. the story of a white kid being raised by loving parents learning tons of knowledge on the internet. It's not possible to extract the "free knowledge on the internet" part of the story and shove it into a black kids exp in the hood.

They *are* however flexible in a metaphorical way. Miles Morales as spiderman for example offers an incredible beacon of light for those living in conditions of self-doubt and bad influences.

It resonates with EVERYONE too. If it resonates specifically with black kids it's b/c of the relative vacuum and lack of similar role models before.

This would be a steelman for surface level terrible casting decisions like a black achilles. It's a noble but hamfisted attempt at being Hamilton. If it doesn't detract, why NOT tell it in a way that gives extra oomph to those who need it?

If the argument is "My kid won't get the same inspiration if the main character is Black/Yellow/Brown/etc.." then maybe you're projecting b/c the story you've written has too many Black/Yellow/Brown people as the bad guys?