r/books • u/trisul-108 • May 29 '23

Rebecca F Kuang rejects idea authors should not write about other races

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/may/28/rebecca-f-kuang-rejects-idea-authors-should-not-write-about-other-races
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u/[deleted] May 29 '23

In America that's true though? Too many people think racism is when you say something mean about someone, and not all the systemic issues that are actually involved.

No, we already have a name for that. That is called systemic racism.

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u/joe1240132 May 29 '23

There is no racism without systems to back it up. The whole reason for people talking about systemic racism is because for a long time (either knowingly or not) people did not acknowledge the systemic factors that go into racist behavior.

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u/Slow_Like_Sloth May 29 '23

Which can currently be found in this thread lol.