TheCatholicCrow
Inkling
I wanted to start a thread about this because it seems to be pretty overlooked. There's a ton of talk about writing minority characters and things like the Diversity Challenge suggest that we need more minority voices in lit. I totally agree. We do. But I'm wondering why nobody seems to make a fuss over the fact that we (as a society) are still incredibly reluctant to include multi-ethnic and bi-racial characters.
Actually, I just put up a new blog post on this and it's just something I've been thinking about lately.
What does more good? Maintaining a "separate but equal" representation or showing that race and ethnicity really don't matter. That we can all come from different cultures but at the end of the day we're all human and we can freely marry outside of our own ethnic group.
IDK - maybe it's just something that bothers me because I am multi-ethnic. Literally the closest thing representing my family on tv is I Love Lucy (a Caucasian woman married to a Hispanic man) which is not exactly current.
I feel like I'm starting to see a bit more of it now and then in movies, television and even on commercials. But I want to see more. Way more. I want to read a book with a character that's experienced all of the wonderful and hurtful things that I have because we don't fit neatly into a box. This is the diversity that I want to see and just can't find enough of.
Any thoughts?
Actually, I just put up a new blog post on this and it's just something I've been thinking about lately.
What does more good? Maintaining a "separate but equal" representation or showing that race and ethnicity really don't matter. That we can all come from different cultures but at the end of the day we're all human and we can freely marry outside of our own ethnic group.
IDK - maybe it's just something that bothers me because I am multi-ethnic. Literally the closest thing representing my family on tv is I Love Lucy (a Caucasian woman married to a Hispanic man) which is not exactly current.
I feel like I'm starting to see a bit more of it now and then in movies, television and even on commercials. But I want to see more. Way more. I want to read a book with a character that's experienced all of the wonderful and hurtful things that I have because we don't fit neatly into a box. This is the diversity that I want to see and just can't find enough of.
Any thoughts?