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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Replying to @prageru
what's the problem with this? "Write what you know" is the oldest editorial advice ever.
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Replying to @DrewLudwig
A white author is incapable of comprehending a character who is black?
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Replying to @prageru
I suppose it's not impossible, but it is a unique experience that few white people have. Are you white?
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Replying to @DrewLudwig
There is much more to a person than their skin color.
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Replying to @prageru
agreed, but being black in America is a difficult thing for a white person to understand, let alone express.
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Replying to @DrewLudwig
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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Replying to @prageru
its not about characters in general. This story is about a black protagonist. A main character. I doubt he has the knowledge to do that.
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Replying to @DrewLudwig
It's the job of a fiction writer to do write characters with traits and experiences that they themselves don't have.
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Replying to @prageru
and yet they have to write from their experience. Black people have experiences that few (if any) white people have.
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Some do, some don't. Black people are not a monolith, neither are white people.
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