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The characters come from the brains and the perspective of the authors.

I'm not following why you think there is a distinction. Even a gay black Jewish midget from China written by a (or a team) of 43 year old white dudes is going to be written with attitudes and perspectives common to western male life.

I even pointed out at length how Star Trek tried to account for this but still fell into the same patterns due to unconscious bias.

Which you ignored, then agreed to, then got mad at me for pointing out you ignored.

I'm reminded of Night of the Living Dead in the 60s where there's a scene where the black male main character punches out a white chick and the actor was uncomfortable with the implications of the scene and asked them to scrap it but the white director/writer didn't understand why and refused.

There's more levels to the continuity of your life and your thoughts than crude decisions like saying "I'm a racist who hates da gays!"

Even the most well intentioned open minded dudes are still victim to their own mind and experiences . And if 90+% of all mainstream content of a specific genre comes from those minds, tropes and attitudes are created and embedded into the zeitgeist.

I really don't think his point is wrong at all. And I say that as a big Sci fi fan. it is SUPER western and male oriented.

I Don't think that's due to malice or agenda, but it has worked out that way

and more stories from more perspectives would be nothing but a net gain

There's a reason Elizabeth Moon is popular and its not because she is a good writer