I'll start off with this point: I'm an African-American (a fact that i myself was unaware of until my early teens).
I know all too well that i'd be just one among many Black authors, that doesn't really bother me, but what does is the legacy that African-American authors have left, and my inability to follow suit.
African-American authors have been known to write stories about their own hardships and/or the hardships of caricatures of themselves. They also delve into serious and soulful ideas and concepts (hope, faith, etc.)
However, the stories i've always written were Adventure, Fantasy and/or Sci-Fi. I'm not even sure if i could even write stories like, say, Maya Angelou.
Is this a problem?
I know all too well that i'd be just one among many Black authors, that doesn't really bother me, but what does is the legacy that African-American authors have left, and my inability to follow suit.
African-American authors have been known to write stories about their own hardships and/or the hardships of caricatures of themselves. They also delve into serious and soulful ideas and concepts (hope, faith, etc.)
However, the stories i've always written were Adventure, Fantasy and/or Sci-Fi. I'm not even sure if i could even write stories like, say, Maya Angelou.
Is this a problem?