SloightlyOnTheHuh

SloightlyOnTheHuh t1_it7j410 wrote

Seriously? That's really sad. Surely if asked to identify a talk dark handsom man you would think first of a POC. If an author is not specific I interpret how I see fit. Try so Olivia E Butler. She doesn't always describe her characters a black but a lot of them are clearly POC. There are undoubtedly some racist authors out there. They are people too but there are a lot who just write a good story.

Edit octavia rather than Olivia?

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SloightlyOnTheHuh t1_it7ie6j wrote

So it's the way you read and interpret. If I see a character described as dark I assume they're black. I'm currently reading A Time of Dread by John Wynne. He describes a character as darker of skin than his southern neighbours...or similar words. I immediately see him as a black man. You might interpret that differently but nowhere in the book is anyone described as black or white. And why should they be? It's not racist to ignore race. Its quite clear the author sees a wide rainbow of skin colour if you interpret that as binary black and not black I would politely suggest the problem may be with you.

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