Wiki: Cultural appropriation is the adoption of an element or elements of one culture or identity by members of another culture or identity. This can be controversial when members of a dominant culture appropriate from minority cultures….
Did I appropriate, which sort of rhymes with
propagate, my Filipina wife, lol. I remember some people telling me I shouldn’t
mix tribes because that’s what the Bible teaches. Believe me, I was not
impressed by that argument. It’s a false read, often used by the KKK.
As authors, do we have a responsibility
to not write about other cultures than our own? Of course not. If so all fiction
would be auto-biographical. I can’t tell you where that leaves the sci-fi
people. Words would be banned because they’re all appropriated.
Seriously though—do write stories with
sensitivity, but don’t buy into you were never a dog so how can you write using
a dog’s point of view? My first book had a wolf POV and I loved every word I wrote.
My first book also went back in time 100,000 so I guess I appropriated Neanderthals
and peoples leaving Africa. No one complained.
They call America a melting pot for a
reason.
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