What if she is black with a big ass?
I'd include 10 pages of description as she admires it in a mirror.
What if she is black with a big ass?
I'd include 10 pages of description as she admires it in a mirror.
Not only does it add flavor, but you won't have that Friends problem. I pretty much figured those kids were kinda racist, honestly. If you are writing a story about a big, cosmopolitan city, it's weird to only have white folks around! If it's a more introverted story, of course YMMV.
I can't help but grind my teeth at this as I've heard it so many times and it's so absolutely wrong. They were targeting a demographic which was white. That doesn't make them racist. Even after people went after them for it and they started adding black characters in high level positions they were still accused of never having any black people. The writers didn't sit there and say "let's create a white metropolitan utopia."
And especially since the show focused on small sections of the city it makes sense to have a white dominated population since there are plenty of neighborhoods that have by far a majority of white people. This is also why when you saw them at hospital scenes you'd suddenly start seeing black people.
All this really does is add a new way to accuse someone of being racist. It used to be only based on your beliefs/actions, now with the emergence of the "Spike Lee attitude" you have to include black people in everything you write or you're racist.
Does it show that I'm a "Friends" fan?
If you live in New Freaking York and even the barristas you talk to are all white everywhere you go, there's something up, imho.
Some folks in NYC may pull it off, don't get me wrong
I'm still fascinated with this thing about big asses. Don't get me wrong, I have a big ass myself and so I think it's brilliant, but I'd love to know where the obsession with them came from.
Is it a guy thing? Or a fashion thing?
I didn’t explain it properly, sorry. Supposing you mention that a woman is black, and she is a main character, then you would describe her at an appropriate stage and in context.
I have to admit that I hate it when I can tell people are including ethnic minorities just to try and seem more multi cultural.
Keep in mind that it's all about your narrator, too. Your descriptions of any given character should reflect the narrative POV. And even if you're writing 3rd omni, the narrative voice isn't necessarily your voice.
Keep in mind that it's all about your narrator, too. Your descriptions of any given character should reflect the narrative POV. And even if you're writing 3rd omni, the narrative voice isn't necessarily your voice. It can fascinating and very hard to force yourself to craft a narrative voice that is from a different racial or ethnic POV than your own. Because then you have to redefine notions of Other.
If you're in the racial or ethnic majority where you live, well, you'll be seeing yourself and those around you through a different filter than if you're in the minority.
I'm still fascinated with this thing about big asses. Don't get me wrong, I have a big ass myself and so I think it's brilliant, but I'd love to know where the obsession with them came from.
Is it a guy thing? Or a fashion thing?
I'd love to know where the obsession with them came from.
unless, of course, those are relevant information.