I liked your apology. I'm writing a piece set in 1940s NYC right now, and I've been wrestling a lot with how to write about race, ethnicity, and sexuality. I think part of me feels tempted to use setting-appropriate slurs for "authenticity," but that's a really ugly reason. I don't want to fall into the trap of trying to portray oppression critically but actually just reproducing it.
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Date: 2010-06-28 12:46 am (UTC)