I feel so inadequate adding my two cents to this which is why I normally don't respond.
As a POC I have at times have found fandom to be entirely to white and therefore have only lurked in one of two areas, yours being the main one and yes I do agree to an extent that some use it as their haven where they can live in their own little world of whitness with no interruptions.
Yet there is another side that welcomes your discussions and as I enjoys them, it reminds me that I am not alone in my thinking.
I respect what you do in all aspects of your writing but mostly in the voice you give to those characters of color. Without you and others like you, a reader would be hard press to know that poc existed in certain fandoms.
I true writer can give a voice to any character regardless of color. If you respect your character and your audience you would do what you must to bring that character to life. The same way a poc can write for an white character and audience the same should be for a white writer.
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As a POC I have at times have found fandom to be entirely to white and therefore have only lurked in one of two areas, yours being the main one and yes I do agree to an extent that some use it as their haven where they can live in their own little world of whitness with no interruptions.
Yet there is another side that welcomes your discussions and as I enjoys them, it reminds me that I am not alone in my thinking.
I respect what you do in all aspects of your writing but mostly in the voice you give to those characters of color. Without you and others like you, a reader would be hard press to know that poc existed in certain fandoms.
I true writer can give a voice to any character regardless of color. If you respect your character and your audience you would do what you must to bring that character to life. The same way a poc can write for an white character and audience the same should be for a white writer.