BWFoster78
Myth Weaver
Perhaps the question we should consider is less whether we should represent this or that group of people in our fiction, but rather why we want to represent those groups.
That would be helpful.
It's because I have developed a special interest in that part of the world that began in second grade when my class did a unit on ancient Egypt.
I would think you're writing will be much better for the fact that you are passionate about your subject matter.
That is why I want to represent Africa in my stories. It's not because I'm filling out any kind of checklist or forcing onto myself some obligation to represent every nook and cranny of humanity. It's because I have this passion for a particular nook that everyone else keeps putting down, and I want to rectify that.
This is where we differ.
I just want to tell a good story that, hopefully, others are going to want to read.
That's not to say that I think there's anything wrong with your approach as long as you are aware of the problems that you can create for yourself by pursuing such an approach.