#diversity – @izzyizumi on Tumblr

[image description: tweet by Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg (@TheRaDR) from 12/2/18, 9:44 AM saying ‘We need diverse representation not only so every kid can see themselves as the hero of the story, but so every kid can understand that *other* kinds of kids are *also* the heroes of the story.’ id end]

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““If we can’t write diversity into sci-fi, then what’s the point? You don’t create new worlds to give them all the same limits of the old ones.””

—

Jane Espenson (from interview with Advocate.com)\

I dunno how many which ways this needs to be said

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“[White readers often believe they are colorblind.] Until they read books featuring nonwhite characters. I once overheard a young white man at a book festival say to his friend, “Have you read the new Kureishi? Same old thing—loads of Indian people.” To which you want to reply, “Have you read the new Franzen? Same old thing—loads of white people.””

— Zadie Smith, Their Eyes Were Watching God: What Does Soulful Mean?

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[image description: tweet by Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg (@TheRaDR) from 12/2/18, 9:44 AM saying ‘We need diverse representation not only so every kid can see themselves as the hero of the story, but so every kid can understand that *other* kinds of kids are *also* the heroes of the story.’ id end]