Editor warned author against including a black character in his novel...because he's white. Yes, this happened:http://www.nationalreview.com/article/447867/white-author-editor-told-me-my-fictional-book-shouldnt-have-black-protagonist-because …
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agreed, but being black in America is a difficult thing for a white person to understand, let alone express.
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It certainly can be, but assuming only black people can write black characters, and white people can write white characters is unwise.
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Do you think Michael Moore would be able to write a conservative protagonist well?
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I think maybe you understand that our experience limits us in general, you just get mad at the idea that whiteness might limit a person.
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