via aichildlit, an op-ed.

Sucking the Quileute Dry ( Read more... )

Darkness Under Water: Fail Under the Spotlight

update via debreese_nambe.

Via elusis.


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For example.

So You Want to Write About American Indians? A Guide for Writers, Students, and Scholars
Devon Abbott Mihesuah

So You Want to Write about American Indians? is the first of its kind-an indispensable guide for anyone interested in writing and publishing a novel, memoir, collection of short stories, history, or ethnography involving ( Read more... )

Writing the Other ®: Bridging Cultural Differences for Successful Fiction

www.writingtheother.com

A review of the basics.

The article that started a lot of the current round of discussion, Appropriate Cultural Appropriation by Nisi Shawl, you may have to get an acct w/ the irosf to read it.

Last year's wiscon Cultural Appropriation Drama of Doom, as documented by yhlee and with added links from others.

Reckless Borrowing or Appropriate Cultural ( Read more... )

A surprisingly progressive discussion on the topic. At least in the sense that two POC have gotten a chance to speak and not be shouted down ( Read more... )

Hiro Nakamura is not Japanese.

I know it seems like he is. He speaks Japanese, looks Japanese, has a Japanese corporate mogul father and a Japanese sister and most of all he has a Japanese salary-man as his best friend. But on tv, he's not Japanese.

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ok its not directly related to scifi or fantasy but its funny as hell.

lifted from eve_l_incarnata

xposted to snr.

Granny is talking about cultural appropriation. More of the usual in the comments (as is to be expected) but she's got some good links from tim wise and others.