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Forum: PoC

Writing perspectives, situations and characters by and about People of Color. Discussions focussing on race/cultural-concerns, topical news items, and other miscellany may also occur at random. Read the Stickies, especially this one.

  1. Sticky Thread Sticky: Resources/Further Reading

    Started by MacAllister, 12-19-2011 07:14 AM
    • Replies: 32
    • Views: 19,733
    LadyJil25
    06-02-2019, 10:54 PM Go to last post

  2. Sticky Thread Sticky: Read This Before Posting; Skip Reading at Your own Peril

    Started by AW Admin, 07-31-2017 07:44 PM
    • Replies: 0
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  1. Is this too problematic?

    Started by Morgan_R, 09-16-2020 02:19 AM
    • Replies: 11
    • Views: 661
    runoffscribe
    12-01-2020, 12:16 PM Go to last post

  2. Writing People of Color (oldie but goodie)by Mari Naomi

    Started by Splendor, 07-18-2019 04:38 AM
    • Replies: 6
    • Views: 2,320
    cmhbob
    11-18-2020, 06:34 AM Go to last post

  3. Native America Culture - Magic System and MC

    Started by TulipMama, 09-16-2020 08:49 PM
    • Replies: 52
    • Views: 1,944
    Aimless Lady
    10-28-2020, 03:42 AM Go to last post

  4. Graydon House opens for submissions

    Started by cmhbob, 06-24-2020 12:40 AM
    • Replies: 1
    • Views: 684
    JayDee8
    07-31-2020, 11:42 PM Go to last post

  5. Question Would appreciate your thoughts on writing about people I do not closely represent, please.

    Started by jjhoward, 07-08-2020 03:12 AM
    • Replies: 7
    • Views: 811
    jjhoward
    07-09-2020, 01:14 AM Go to last post

  6. Supreme Court Rules Trump cannot end DACA!

    Started by Drascus, 06-18-2020 07:51 PM
    • Replies: 8
    • Views: 752
    Roxxsmom
    06-19-2020, 06:46 AM Go to last post

  7. Main character with race/ethnicities and two white love interest?

    Started by Rupert24, 06-12-2020 06:49 AM
    • Replies: 9
    • Views: 1,000
    Drascus
    06-18-2020, 08:01 PM Go to last post

  8. Critiques from other races

    Started by Wevermonic, 04-23-2020 11:57 AM
    • Replies: 4
    • Views: 1,018
    Snitchcat
    06-03-2020, 05:50 AM Go to last post

  9. Questions about writing PoC

    Started by call-of-the-mind, 09-23-2019 04:45 AM
    • Replies: 18
    • Views: 3,316
    AW Admin
    12-16-2019, 05:15 PM Go to last post

  10. Fellow PoC writers, do you need to be "authentic"?

    Started by mentacle, 09-10-2019 04:18 AM
    • Replies: 7
    • Views: 1,974
    Samscript
    09-12-2019, 10:31 AM Go to last post

  11. Toni Morrison has passed

    Started by Alessandra Kelley, 08-06-2019 06:52 PM
    • Replies: 1
    • Views: 1,953
    Siri Kirpal
    08-06-2019, 11:51 PM Go to last post

  12. Angry Disney's Live Action Mulan: Accented English

    Started by Snitchcat, 07-11-2019 09:27 AM
    • Replies: 16
    • Views: 2,873
    Snitchcat
    07-15-2019, 01:35 PM Go to last post

  13. Only noting some characters' race/ethnicities

    Started by ZeMegwin12, 05-29-2019 01:14 AM
    • Replies: 4
    • Views: 2,839
    MaeZe
    06-10-2019, 05:25 AM Go to last post

  14. Pressure to write PoC characters

    Started by NathanLyle, 09-18-2018 06:44 AM
    • Replies: 20
    • Views: 5,945
    Alli B.
    04-18-2019, 12:19 AM Go to last post

  15. Is my premise racist?

    Started by Heather Lazarus, 02-28-2019 09:55 PM
    • Replies: 26
    • Views: 5,822
    zahra
    04-02-2019, 08:08 PM Go to last post

  16. Error

    Started by Heather Lazarus, 02-28-2019 10:08 PM
    • Replies: 0
    • Views: 2,511
    Heather Lazarus
    02-28-2019, 10:08 PM Go to last post

  17. Should I write this?

    Started by Thief, 08-03-2017 08:40 AM
    • Replies: 14
    • Views: 8,150
    cool pop
    12-27-2018, 02:39 AM Go to last post

  18. Fantasy world where skin color is arbitrary -- questions

    Started by AnWallace, 11-09-2018 03:01 AM
    • Replies: 20
    • Views: 4,492
    Norman Mjadwesch
    12-20-2018, 11:33 AM Go to last post

  19. Potential Cultural Approriation in Retelling

    Started by AshleyEpidemic, 11-15-2018 09:37 PM
    • Replies: 11
    • Views: 4,310
    AW Admin
    11-20-2018, 05:46 AM Go to last post

  20. Black Speculative Fiction vs. Black Genre Fiction

    Started by uhstevedude, 10-21-2018 05:29 AM
    • Replies: 5
    • Views: 3,841
    cool pop
    10-25-2018, 11:26 PM Go to last post
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