Really not everyone. The problem was more pronounced during black history month, when a number of magazines made it clear only writers of color need apply. There are still magazines out there that refrain from setting requirements about the ethnicity of writers. But persistent notions about who is qualified to write about whom persist: a…
Really not everyone. The problem was more pronounced during black history month, when a number of magazines made it clear only writers of color need apply. There are still magazines out there that refrain from setting requirements about the ethnicity of writers. But persistent notions about who is qualified to write about whom persist: a man can't write a novel from the perspective of a woman? A white person must "stay in her own lane" and never write about the feelings of a black person? Balderdash!
Well then, everyone else must stay in their own lane and not write about anyone else. And since publishing is still dominated by white people, it'll be white stories about white people doing white things in white places and having lots and lots of white fun ;/
Really not everyone. The problem was more pronounced during black history month, when a number of magazines made it clear only writers of color need apply. There are still magazines out there that refrain from setting requirements about the ethnicity of writers. But persistent notions about who is qualified to write about whom persist: a man can't write a novel from the perspective of a woman? A white person must "stay in her own lane" and never write about the feelings of a black person? Balderdash!
Well then, everyone else must stay in their own lane and not write about anyone else. And since publishing is still dominated by white people, it'll be white stories about white people doing white things in white places and having lots and lots of white fun ;/