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http://www.theguardian.com/books/booksblog/2013/sep/06/science-fiction-racism-sexism-discrimination
Don't ask me -- I hardly ever read the genre, but good question.
ETA: that said: the only SF novelist I have ever met in RL is black: Steve Barnes
We met at a story conference in Palm Springs, 2002, and chatted a while about the lack of diversity in novels.
Why are most SF authors straight, white western men? Science fiction writers can't ignore the diversity that exists on planet Earth.
Science fiction loves a good paradox. Here's one for you: how can a genre that dreams up alien cultures and mythic races in such minute detail seemingly ignore the ethnic, religious, gender and sexual diversity right here on the home planet, here in the real world?
Don't ask me -- I hardly ever read the genre, but good question.
ETA: that said: the only SF novelist I have ever met in RL is black: Steve Barnes
We met at a story conference in Palm Springs, 2002, and chatted a while about the lack of diversity in novels.
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