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...do you offend anyone?
In a story set in the US in the 1940's, in a neighborhood of blacks, Arabs, Italians, and Jews living on top of each other, fighting for their piece of pie, BUT written, published and read in the politically correct, socially sensitive 21st century, how do we reconcile the two?
Truth, realism, accuracy in language and behavior for the time and place, no one is spared. But would you be offended if you heard your particular ethnic group referred to in terms that are now taboo?
I guess I'm concerned, maybe even a little embarrassed, but I told the truth, channeled the language, and tried not to balk or sensationalize.
In a story set in the US in the 1940's, in a neighborhood of blacks, Arabs, Italians, and Jews living on top of each other, fighting for their piece of pie, BUT written, published and read in the politically correct, socially sensitive 21st century, how do we reconcile the two?
Truth, realism, accuracy in language and behavior for the time and place, no one is spared. But would you be offended if you heard your particular ethnic group referred to in terms that are now taboo?
I guess I'm concerned, maybe even a little embarrassed, but I told the truth, channeled the language, and tried not to balk or sensationalize.