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* "color-blind" treatments; | * "color-blind" treatments; | ||
* stories focused on racism as understood in the historical and present-day Earth societies; | * 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"; | * [[metaphoric and alien race and racism|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 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. | * stories embodying explicitly or propounding explicitly racist ideologies. | ||
Revision as of 04:37, 30 March 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.
See Also
- Cultural Appropriation (WisCon 30 Panel) and ensuing blog debate
- Joss Whedon & Race on the feminist SF blog (original post by Laura Quilter; substantial commentary on the blog & at [whedonesque.com/comments/10799 Whedonesque]