Writing the Right Characters – By Rhiain

Writing the Right Characters – By Rhiain

Recently, a tiresome bit of pablum has circulated online in various articles by well-meaning individuals, whose main complaint seems to be that it’s not possible for white authors to write novels with “Person of Color” main characters.

The most recent reiteration of this complaint is a June 6 Tor/Forge post by one A.J. Hartley, titled “Writing POC While White”, in which Hartley tries and fails to explain why white writers do a poor job of writing non-w...