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TopicThis article wants you to "decolonize" your sci-fi
UnfairRepresent
02/04/22 8:07:54 AM
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Guide posted...
That is the one part that explains itself, nothing about "decolonizing" or what "the narrative" is. Yes, there are different perspectives to be had, but there were three other paragraphs, there.
wut, he says what the narrative is

White cisgender male authors are vastly over-represented in science fiction, and they come from the dominant gender and race of the English-speaking world, whether they are consciously buying into the narrative or not

The idea that white western English speaking males are the superior, most important beings on Earth.

And it's hard to deny that presence in mainstream Sci fi.

Hell in the pilot of Star Trek the 2nd in command was a woman and the network complained and made them change it. Picard has to be the least French Frenchman in TV history

And I'm picking on Star Trek because they were the Sci fi show that recognised the bias and tried to oppose it

These things can be subtle and unintended but they're clearly there

I don't get how you can watch/read mainstream Sci fi and deny it.

and I think it's telling that you ignore examples given while complaining that you don't understand the point

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