makingmusic476
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The article appears pretty reasonable, but if you dig deeper it seems like it's attacking a strawman. Take this sentence:
Then consider that authors write characters from different backgrounds than their own all the time. Her characters in particular were criticized for being awful caricatures.
Sure, if writers across the board were being criticized for any character they've created that weren't made in the mold of themselves, the author would have a point, but that's not the case.
thus should not let concerns about “cultural appropriation” constrain our creation of characters from different backgrounds than our own.
Then consider that authors write characters from different backgrounds than their own all the time. Her characters in particular were criticized for being awful caricatures.
Sure, if writers across the board were being criticized for any character they've created that weren't made in the mold of themselves, the author would have a point, but that's not the case.