I didn't take it as snark, actually, because it's true.
Let's see...
Characters who are of my race in the text will be shown as my race on the book covers.
At the end of stories, I can be certain that many (sometimes all) of the surviving characters will be of my race.
When a book I've read is adapted into a movie, TV series, etc., characters portrayed as my race in the text will be played by actors of my race, probably even by an actor matching the regional type of the character if there is one.
I will have no serious difficulty finding well written books about characters of my race and/or settings and mythologies derived from the cultures and religions of people of my race.
People who see me won't make assumptions about my level of education or probably profession.
If a character is presented as of my race, the plots surrounding him/her won't require him/her to be off my race and, in fact, won't generally refer to race at all.
The actions of a character of my race won't generally be perceived as a statement about all members of my race.
Authors won't include just one character of my race in as window dressing without having that character do something in the story other than just be white.
A villain of my race won't be shown as evil just because of his/her race with the implication that all members of my race are like that.
I will never see a character of mixed race portrayed as less intelligent, morally degenerate or otherwise undesirable (or even more exotic) because of heritage from the white part of the ancestry.
(This is getting ugly. True but ugly. I think I'm going to stop for a while before my headache breaks my skull.)
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Sat, Jun. 3rd, 2006 03:40 pm (UTC)Let's see...
Characters who are of my race in the text will be shown as my race on the book covers.
At the end of stories, I can be certain that many (sometimes all) of the surviving characters will be of my race.
When a book I've read is adapted into a movie, TV series, etc., characters portrayed as my race in the text will be played by actors of my race, probably even by an actor matching the regional type of the character if there is one.
I will have no serious difficulty finding well written books about characters of my race and/or settings and mythologies derived from the cultures and religions of people of my race.
People who see me won't make assumptions about my level of education or probably profession.
If a character is presented as of my race, the plots surrounding him/her won't require him/her to be off my race and, in fact, won't generally refer to race at all.
The actions of a character of my race won't generally be perceived as a statement about all members of my race.
Authors won't include just one character of my race in as window dressing without having that character do something in the story other than just be white.
A villain of my race won't be shown as evil just because of his/her race with the implication that all members of my race are like that.
I will never see a character of mixed race portrayed as less intelligent, morally degenerate or otherwise undesirable (or even more exotic) because of heritage from the white part of the ancestry.
(This is getting ugly. True but ugly. I think I'm going to stop for a while before my headache breaks my skull.)