No, I'm pretty sure I got what you were saying (and your re-explanation reinforces that impression) -- I was speaking more of the kinds of stories that annoy me, where an author has privilege to sidestep/ignore race issues, and applies this to fictional characters as well. (Not like I think I'm innocent of similar crimes -- I'm pretty sure I'm guilty -- so I feel like I have to work twice as hard to expose myself to writers getting it and/or getting it right, to get a better understanding of where I've gone or are going wrong, if that makes sense.)
Which means we're in agreement, just I didn't give very good signposts as to where I was meandering off in my response. Sorry!
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Date: 30 Jun 2011 04:27 am (UTC)Which means we're in agreement, just I didn't give very good signposts as to where I was meandering off in my response. Sorry!