How Inclusive Should Fiction Be?

How Inclusive Should Fiction Be? Image by Gerd Altmann from Pixabay

Last time, I talked about using the Editor function in Word. One new to me check it provides is Inclusiveness. Of course, I checked it out, and it flagged several spots where it thought some people might find my word choices offensive. Not offensive in a profanity way, but rather reinforcing biases and stereotypes. What did the Editor point out?

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