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sigelphoenix at 10:31pm on 11/05/2009 under anti-racism and racial privilege, general geekery, psa
sigelphoenix at 10:31pm on 11/05/2009 under anti-racism and racial privilege, general geekery, psaPeople of color/non-white fans of sci-fi/fantasy/speculative fiction, please stand up!
This roll call, from the deadbrowalking community on LJ, is a response to yet another white SFF writer displaying ignorance of the long-standing presence of fans of color - not yet six months after RaceFail '09. You don't have to write anything lengthy or clever - this post is merely an attempt to get a (however incomplete) count of fans of color, after the nth time a white writer/reader said, "Wow, there's non-white people in SFF?"
And people wonder why we need to specify "'09" after "RaceFail" ... The ignorance is here, again, still.
This roll call, from the deadbrowalking community on LJ, is a response to yet another white SFF writer displaying ignorance of the long-standing presence of fans of color - not yet six months after RaceFail '09. You don't have to write anything lengthy or clever - this post is merely an attempt to get a (however incomplete) count of fans of color, after the nth time a white writer/reader said, "Wow, there's non-white people in SFF?"
And people wonder why we need to specify "'09" after "RaceFail" ... The ignorance is here, again, still.