Just a fair warning - let's not have this degenerate into an exchange of attacks. I'm not saying it has. I'm saying some posts may be perceived that way.
I like this discussion and I think it's good for writers to have it. My suggestion on how to keep it civil: assume the other person's message was stated with good intentions, even if it didn't come out that way.
[ON TOPIC SEGWAY]
I think that's where diversity becomes scary: you try to write a diverse character, just as flawed as a character whose skin is the same as yours, and a reader assumes you're writing a token or caricature or "doing it wrong." ("It" being diversity.)
I like this discussion and I think it's good for writers to have it. My suggestion on how to keep it civil: assume the other person's message was stated with good intentions, even if it didn't come out that way.
[ON TOPIC SEGWAY]
I think that's where diversity becomes scary: you try to write a diverse character, just as flawed as a character whose skin is the same as yours, and a reader assumes you're writing a token or caricature or "doing it wrong." ("It" being diversity.)