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Q&A Is it more important to provide representation, or to avoid following stereotypes?

I have been trying very hard to create well rounded, and developed characters in my book. I have them all figured out, except, when looking back, I realized that they are all very skinny. I have a ...

2 answers  ·  posted 6y ago by Isabel M.‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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#3: Attribution notice added by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-08T09:00:09Z (over 4 years ago)
Source: https://writers.stackexchange.com/q/36640
License name: CC BY-SA 3.0
License URL: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
#2: Initial revision by user avatar Isabel M.‭ · 2019-12-08T09:00:09Z (over 4 years ago)
I have been trying very hard to create well rounded, and developed characters in my book. I have them all figured out, except, when looking back, I realized that they are all very skinny. I have a a black, female, main character, a racially ambiguous (although light skinned), female, main character, and a white, female main character. Now, the second two have major self image problems and I was thinking that I didn’t want to make them over-weight, because that may suggest that you have to have self image problems if you are over-weight. But, the other main character is black, and I don’t want to follow that stereotype either. This means that I have a choice, go along with a stereotype, or not provide proper representation of a large group of people.

#1: Imported from external source by user avatar System‭ · 2018-06-02T00:47:51Z (almost 6 years ago)
Original score: 8