fen of color check-in

[rm]

Are you a non-white/PoC reader/viewer of SF/F?

There's this amazing thread over here asking people to check in, thanks to the latest iteration of this wacked out belief that there are no PoC invested in the genre.

Despite having a really mixed background that involves non-white ancestry on both sides of my family, I've lived my whole life with white privilege, so I haven't checked in, as I think it's both presumptuous and a bit counter to the purpose of the thread, but as someone who tries to be a good ally, I think this is a marvelous thread, and I encourage anyone to check it out.

Also? Me and my writing partner. Yes, PoC fans exist. And that this has to keep being explained to people is some seriously annoying shit.

Comments

[hyrkanian.livejournal.com]

Ah, that's good to know. Thanks! I need to find out from my mom how the ancestry research is going, it's her cousin that is doing it.

If nothing else at all, the thread has reminded me to do something I've meant to do for months now. :)

And I know family lore can tend to... embroider the truth ;) It can be quite amusing at times. Thus my saying it was family lore and not just stating it as The Truth. If my father and his sister's research is to be believed, we are direct descendants of the Kings of the Isle of Mann and closely related to the Earl of Darby. :D

[00goddess.livejournal.com]

Yeah, my great-great-uncle wrote a book about all the research on our family tree and it included descent from King Solomon ;)

Good luck!