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Joined July 2019
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the workaround actually representing and including black people in fiction or even real life by mistifying us or acting like we’re so deep and misunderstood that you have to do extensive research to even write about us is so tired and played out like find something new
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It genuinely worries me that we’re doing this bullshit identity-box writing that very conveniently allows us to remain safe within our biases and boundaries, pretending we’re being v woke by rejecting to engage with a large swath of humanity
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And no, you wouldn’t be taking away resources from a black romance writer by writing a black protagonist; in fact, you would be creating more demand for black protagonists AND drawing attention to those black writers’ work
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This well-meaning “I wouldn’t do it justice” attitude is actually so insidious, imo. Being a writer means working those empathy muscles; it also means treating black women like normal human beings, not an alien species from Planet Racism
ali hazelwood sobre escrever protagonistas negros 🥹 “(…) Não tenho planos de escrever uma protagonista negra. Além das considerações habituais sobre se isso pode ser feito de maneira adequada por uma autora branca (desculpem, não é que eu esteja deixando essas considerações de lado porque elas não sejam importantes, é só que esse assunto é uma discussão muito extensa e provavelmente este não seja o melhor formato para abordá-la), eu simplesmente acho que o mercado editorial não está investindo nem dando visibilidade suficiente às histórias negras escritas por autores negros, e eu odiaria que a minha visão (vamos ser sinceros, bastante limitada) da experiência negra acabasse recebendo recursos que deveriam ser destinados a esses autores. (E também tenho alguns dos meus escritores negros de romance favoritos: Shirlene Obuobi, Nikki Payne, Adriana Herrera, Claire Kann, Tia Williams, Kennedy Ryan, Alexa Martin.) (…)”
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i don’t think ppl understand what they’re truly advocating for when they say things like we only need black ppl to write black characters like no actually i think all ppl who consider themselves writers who aren’t in super niche genres should know how to write all sorts of ppl
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maybe it’s a pride thing, they don’t wanna see it as begging and i can sympathize but the answer just won’t ever be what they’re saying it should be like yes black creators absolutely need to be supported first and foremost BUT we should also be viewed as worthy characters too
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it’s 2026 like nobody is entrusting you to write a biography of every black person that has ever lived lol ur writing romcoms it is not an incredibly difficult endeavor to include black people in ur books 😭 if you feel like you’d offend ppl for whatever reason get a black editor
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i get where she’s coming from ig & it’s good she highlighted her black peers but the fact of the matter is her peers won’t receive any of the resources she does simply bc they are black authors not bc they don’t have enough love, writing black characters also isn’t rocket science
ali hazelwood sobre escrever protagonistas negros 🥹 “(…) Não tenho planos de escrever uma protagonista negra. Além das considerações habituais sobre se isso pode ser feito de maneira adequada por uma autora branca (desculpem, não é que eu esteja deixando essas considerações de lado porque elas não sejam importantes, é só que esse assunto é uma discussão muito extensa e provavelmente este não seja o melhor formato para abordá-la), eu simplesmente acho que o mercado editorial não está investindo nem dando visibilidade suficiente às histórias negras escritas por autores negros, e eu odiaria que a minha visão (vamos ser sinceros, bastante limitada) da experiência negra acabasse recebendo recursos que deveriam ser destinados a esses autores. (E também tenho alguns dos meus escritores negros de romance favoritos: Shirlene Obuobi, Nikki Payne, Adriana Herrera, Claire Kann, Tia Williams, Kennedy Ryan, Alexa Martin.) (…)”
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she doesn’t HAVE to ofc but this reasoning falls flat when you actually consider the reality of the system/industry, if more nonblack people cared for black characters (like we do vice versa) then in turn the industry would have no choice but to support works where they frequent
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disclaimer i don’t read any of her works but i just typically dislike when nonblack people act like writing for black people is akin to writing for a different species, it’s incredibly dehumanizing truthfully
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— everything i watched & read in 2026 🎀
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A DIFFERENT WORLD (2026)
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BRIDE & PREJUDICE (2004)
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兵長 ※流血注意
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Dtk&Liz
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Branching off 🌱 #oot
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