"[W]hy can’t women of colour have as wide a range of representations as white men? No one looks at a..."

“[W]hy can’t women of colour have as wide a range of representations as white men? No one looks at a book about a white man who’s a habitual liar and assumes that it’s a comment on all white men…White men never have to stand for their entire community.”



- Justine Larbalestier, Racism in the Books We Write (via shewhofavorsfire)

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