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

Maybe not Racism, per se... Any group of sufficient size is going to exhibit patterns of tribalism. That's just how humans are wired, and it shows up in even the most tolerant of societies. Trib...

posted 6y ago by Adam Miller‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

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#3: Attribution notice added by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-08T10:41:20Z (almost 5 years ago)
Source: https://writers.stackexchange.com/a/41603
License name: CC BY-SA 3.0
License URL: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
#2: Initial revision by user avatar Adam Miller‭ · 2019-12-08T10:41:20Z (almost 5 years ago)
## Maybe not Racism, per se...

Any group of sufficient size is going to exhibit patterns of [tribalism](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tribalism). That's just how humans are wired, and it shows up in even the most tolerant of societies. Tribalism taken to an extreme can manifest as racism or nationalism, but even mild tribalism is often conflated with racism, whether intentionally or not.

I think not acknowledging that tribalism is a natural tendency of humans would remove a dimension from your world. Feel free to ignore it if it gets in the way, but it can certainly be a hook to help drive your plot and create interesting dynamics between the characters, as well as directions for character growth.

#1: Imported from external source by user avatar System‭ · 2019-01-25T15:25:18Z (almost 6 years ago)
Original score: 5