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

Racism is a real thing and likely a real issue that your audience may come across. Even the likes of Harry Potter dealt with this kind of bigotry, as do a lot of fantasy franchises. Harry Potter h...

posted 5y ago by 520‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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#3: Attribution notice added by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-08T10:41:25Z (over 4 years ago)
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#2: Initial revision by user avatar 520‭ · 2019-12-08T10:41:25Z (over 4 years ago)
# Racism is a real thing and likely a real issue that your audience may come across.

Even the likes of Harry Potter dealt with this kind of bigotry, as do a lot of fantasy franchises. Harry Potter had blood statuses, Lord of the Rings had animosity between elves and dwarves, Star Wars (in the non-canon Legends, at least) dealt with unfair treatment of various alien races. Where differences exist in the real world, you can expect a form of bigotry to exist also. It's a dark part of the human condition, but it's one that can be addressed to kids in a tasteful manner, and dealing with the human condition, even in stories about aliens/robots/whatever, make your characters a lot more relatable to the reader.

#1: Imported from external source by user avatar System‭ · 2019-01-28T12:50:02Z (over 5 years ago)
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