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(metaphoric race and racism)
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==See Also==
==See Also==


* [[Cultural Appropriation (WisCon 30 Panel)]] and ensuing blog debate
* [[Cultural Appropriation (WisCon 30 Panel)]] and ongoing, intense blog discussions (add links here)
* [http://blogs.feministsf.net/?p=30 Joss Whedon & Race] on the feminist SF blog (original post by Laura Quilter; substantial commentary on the blog & at [whedonesque.com/comments/10799 Whedonesque]
* [http://blogs.feministsf.net/?p=30 Joss Whedon & Race] on the feminist SF blog (original post by [[Laura Quilter]]; substantial commentary on the blog & at [whedonesque.com/comments/10799 Whedonesque]




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[[Category:Themes]]
[[Category:Themes]]
[[Category:Race and gender]]
[[Category:Race and gender]]
[[Category:Race]]

Revision as of 23:15, 24 April 2007

Feminist SF, like SF generally, has handled issues of race, ethnicity, racial prejudice, and institutionalized racism in all manner of ways over the years. Some examples:

  • creating diverse representations within the story without specifically focusing on race;
  • radical anti-racist treatments;
  • "color-blind" treatments;
  • stories focused on racism as understood in the historical and present-day Earth societies;
  • stories metaphorically treating race and racism in the contexts of aliens, demons, or other kinds of "others";
  • stories treating themes that have particular resonance with racism as historically experienced on earth, including slavery or anti-miscegenation laws;
  • stories embodying explicitly or propounding explicitly racist ideologies.

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