zeegoeshere

http://zvi-likes-tv.livejournal.com/366922.html

Also, do the thing people always do when they need research assistance in fandom and they can't google up the information they need. Ask your flist. Not, "Are you a black American?" but, "I'm trying to write a story about girl!Travis. Any advice for me about writing a young, black female in upstate New York in the 90's?" And if you get greeted by resounding silence then the people on your flist, anyway, will not be catching any subtle race problems in your writing, so that's someplace to start.

I just lack confidence in my ability to do so, and because of the super-charged atmosphere in American universe fandoms when it comes to race, thus far I have shied away from the risk of writing the story and getting it completely and utterly wrong. Not helpful. The answer to problematic race relations is not to act as if people of color don't exist. It's really, really not.