A lot of this is *having* to leave your comfort zone. There's a saying in Hollywood, "Women and girls will see movies with men and boys, but men and boys won't see movies with women and girls". I have always expanded that to include the H'Wood sentiment, "People of color will see films with white leads, but whites won't see films with black leads". At least, that's why H'Wood brands movies with two main black leads "black" films, and fears their success with white and European audiences.
Whites have been able for centuries to live and work in a world where they haven't had to deal with people of color in meaningful ways. They gave us Captain Kirk and Superman and Batman and white Presidents, and we accepted it because we felt we had no choice until we gained more political, financial, and social power. Similarly, women have had much of their lives and representations dictated to them by men who've controlled their fates. White men haven't really had to deal with not being in charge of everything. I think a lot of this Tea Party crap is frankly a bunch of disgruntled people in the majority who hate a world where people of color, non-Christians, gays, etc., are demanding more of a voice. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mr. Worf" <hellomahog...@gmail.com> To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, February 7, 2010 8:50:33 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Caprica/BSG -- Where the Brothers At? I think that its not that they are afraid of getting heat from doing something wrong but it just never dawn on them to write anything other than what they already know. Basically, a white male writes about white males, a white woman writes about white women. There are exceptions (Tarantino, Law and Order) and variations (My big fat greek wedding for example.) but for the most part they are mirroring. On Sun, Feb 7, 2010 at 5:39 PM, Adrianne Brennan < adrianne.bren...@gmail.com > wrote: Actually I'd chalk it up to fear. Fear of doing something un-PC/racist/inaccurate in the process and get slammed for it. And it's really a shame. Unfortunately race is such a loaded issue people would rather avoid it than tackle it head on. As far as what I'm working on at present, here's a good example: I have a main char who is a vampire in NOLA. I have long considered the idea that she is of a mixed racial background and maybe even at one point hid that fact on purpose. It'd be a very interesting plot to tackle and would make her background that much more interesting. What I first have to do is research NOLA in the very early 20th century (which is when she would've been around) and get a better sense of how a woman of her background would've fared before and after being Turned in that time period--and take it from there. ~ "Where love and magic meet" ~ http://www.adriannebrennan.com Experience the magic of the Dark Moon series: http://www.adriannebrennan.com/books.html#darkmoon Dare to take The Oath in this erotic fantasy series: http://www.adriannebrennan.com/books.html#the_oath The future of psychic sex - Dawn of the Seraphs (m/m): http://www.adriannebrennan.com/dawnoftheseraphs.html On Sun, Feb 7, 2010 at 8:15 PM, Mr. Worf < hellomahog...@gmail.com > wrote: I think Caucasian writers never think of people of color unless they socialize with them. How else do we end up with tv shows like Seinfeld and Friends? NYC is extremely diverse and yet you have two examples of a show where even the extras are 98% white. On Sun, Feb 7, 2010 at 5:11 PM, Martin Baxter < truthseeker...@hotmail.com > wrote: Adrianne, I write Afrocentric from my protagonists' standpoint, but my supporting characters are of all races, drawing from my own past. In defense of Caucasian writers, they may not be able to bridge that divide for the same reason. There simply may be no one of color in their circle for them to draw on example-wise, even in this exalted day and age. Your E-mail and More On-the-Go. Get Windows Live Hotmail Free. Sign up now. -- Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/ -- Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/
