Diversity is realism, but diversity that ignores class is fantasy

Yesterday, Kate Elliott tweeted, Diversity is realism. I agree entirely; there's a reason the feministsf wiki said my “work features strong women characters and people of color”. It has nothing to do with ideology—I just write about the kinds of people I know. But as anyone who has been paying attention to class in the US knows, many of the people who talk about diversity are only interested in