Don’t Assume

“I asked myself – why don’t I state the race of my characters?  And am I doing something wrong by not explicitly including a diverse cast of characters?  Could I be doing something better? The short answer is yes.” An argument in favor of race bent fanfiction and resisting assumedly white characters from The Missouri Review blog.

is a staff writer for The Millions. She lives in New York and every so often writes things at kaulielewis.wordpress.com.