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Q&A Should I add racism in my book's world or have my world have no racism?

I've been writing a children's novel inspired by action cartoons, Star Wars, Lord of the Rings, paganism/Wicca, mythology and Harry Potter. It's a very dark children's book I'll admit, but Harry Po...

7 answers  ·  posted 6y ago by Willfire Z Tiger‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

#3: Attribution notice added by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-08T10:40:57Z (almost 5 years ago)
Source: https://writers.stackexchange.com/q/41575
License name: CC BY-SA 3.0
License URL: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
#2: Initial revision by user avatar Willfire Z Tiger‭ · 2019-12-08T10:40:57Z (almost 5 years ago)
I've been writing a children's novel inspired by action cartoons, Star Wars, Lord of the Rings, paganism/Wicca, mythology and Harry Potter. It's a very dark children's book I'll admit, but Harry Potter was dark for a children's book and it's popular. It's based on my make-believe with toys as a kid.

I've been basing my world-building in the novel off of America, England, Ireland, Viking countries, Greece, and Native American culture. However, as time went on I've been hearing discussions from most writers as to whether or not racism needs to exist in fantasy stories. Using racism can lead to it being hard to write. Not using racism can affect the mythology and culture.

So should I use racism as one of the parts of my worldbuilding, or write a story without racism as part of my worldbuilding?

#1: Imported from external source by user avatar System‭ · 2019-01-24T18:11:07Z (almost 6 years ago)
Original score: 24