{"id":13752,"date":"2011-07-11T17:39:43","date_gmt":"2011-07-12T00:39:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theangryblackwoman.com\/?p=2281"},"modified":"2011-07-11T17:39:43","modified_gmt":"2011-07-12T00:39:43","slug":"fantasy-reality-%e2%80%98ism%e2%80%99s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/?p=13752","title":{"rendered":"Fantasy, Reality, & \u2018Ism\u2019s"},"content":{"rendered":"

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In the wake of the Fuck You Jim Butcher<\/a> post a lot of the \u201cIt\u2019s fantasy, don\u2019t get offended\u201d rhetoric is circulating again. Nothing new, but I\u2019m a little perplexed by the argument that using real racial slurs (like Injun or Tar Baby) for fictional characters means that those real slurs are somehow neutered. That using real cities as backdrops and rewriting them to erase millions of people of color doesn\u2019t mean anything\u2026because it\u2019s fiction. That including real sexist tropes & real rape culture is somehow a-okay because\u2026it\u2019s fiction. Fiction that is built on real racism, real sexism, & real classism is likely to be real offensive.<\/p>\n

No one is saying that authors must write books that please everyone. That\u2019s impossible. Fiction is supposed to be an escape for readers, (that is especially true of genre fiction) and when you use real social issues in your work you need to be aware of that fact. After all when your idea of an escape is a world where those social issues are present and often unaddressed or poorly handled? That says something about you. Don\u2019t like what people think it says or that they\u2019re angry when they discuss it? Might be time to examine your work and yourself a little more closely. Among other things, ask why your fiction needs to be rooted in real \u2018isms. And just what are you & your readers trying to escape?<\/p>\n

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Fantasy, Reality, & \u2018Ism\u2019s<\/a> — Originally posted at The Angry Black Woman<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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