That's cool to hear. I think a lot of people are so entrenched in comfort zones of how the world is, they have trouble accepting change. Some see it as a threat, when the real threat to them is simply the *idea* of change, not any horrible results from that change. A couple of years ago, I had a discussion with a very conservative white dude at my old job. Discussion ranged all over the map: illegal immigration, gay rights, Obama, the Iraq invasion, etc. It was one of those rare times when I cut lose with my true feelings around someone like that at work.
The thing was, I was raised as, and remain, a Christian, with Christian views of loving others as myself, helping others, etc. . I have fairly traditional views about how to treat women, marriage, etc. I love America, etc., etc. So this dude and I should have several things in common. However, I'm a very liberal black man who tells it like it is. When I finished making statements about some of my beliefs, he got red faced and said, "It's liberals like you who are trying to destroy America". How, I asked him, could my simply wanting people of color, women, gays, and foreigners to have the same advantages in life he had be destroying America? How could my wanting people to abandon non-Christian hatred of those different of them do anything but help this country? I related the conversation to a friend of mine and he said, "Keith, realize, to his mind you are trying to destroy America: the safe, comfortable America he grew up in, and that terrifies him". ----- Original Message ----- From: "Adrianne Brennan" <adrianne.bren...@gmail.com> To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, February 7, 2010 8:55:50 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Caprica/BSG -- Where the Brothers At? I think I'm slightly braver than most writers, and certainly seeking to broaden my palette. I actually do write about men and those all over the GLBT spectrum. I just take it from the standpoint that they're people like any other person and don't write about stereotypes. ~ "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 8:50 PM, Mr. Worf < hellomahog...@gmail.com > wrote: 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/
