14 Questions to Ask Yourself About Race In Your Novel:

Are your characters all one race?

Do you have only evil characters who are of a non-white race?

Do you have only minor characters who are of a non-white race?

Do your non-white characters ever object to the way they are treated?

What fears about race do you show?

What are the superstitions about race? What legends and stereotypes have grown up over the years?

What assumptions underlie the dynamics between race? Are they the same assumptions that our culture uses?

What are the rules about interracial relationships? Between same sex and opposite sex?

Who are the heroes of each race? Why are they heroes?

What secret worlds exist within each race, invisible to the other? Or is there only a one-sidedness to this secrecy?

How are class and race intersected?

Are there any people who try to “pass” as not of their own race? What happens to them?

What happens to collaborators or those who are seen as traitors to their own race?

What are the internal arguments within each race about race?