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Happy Father's Day!
Jun. 20th, 2010 03:56 pmI wasn't planning on posting today. There's cookies to bake, clothes to wash, floors to mop, Papas to visit, etc etc ad infinitum. But I was poking around ![[community profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/community.png)
metafandom and missing the various men who I can't spend Father's Day with. Wheels started turning, as wheels do, because one of those men is my godfather Ronny. He passed away last year, so this is really the first Father's Day I'll have when I can't call him up. I'll tip out a drink in his honor tonight, but that hardly seems like enough for someone who had such an effect on my young life.
So, thinking of my godfather (who I should probably mention was African-American), I'm going to jump ahead into my planned writing meta by a billion posts and discuss writing characters of color. There have been a lot of thoughtful, amazing meta posts on what not to do, and so I'd like to toss my two cents in from the other side of the well.
In accordance with the laws governing the internet, I'm probably about to put my foot in it while trying to explain how not to. As always when I touch on a topic that I have privilege in, calling me on my BS is appreciated.
( The Simplest Equation in the World is... )
( Unpack Your Privilege )
( Purposes )
( This is Hard )
metafandom and missing the various men who I can't spend Father's Day with. Wheels started turning, as wheels do, because one of those men is my godfather Ronny. He passed away last year, so this is really the first Father's Day I'll have when I can't call him up. I'll tip out a drink in his honor tonight, but that hardly seems like enough for someone who had such an effect on my young life. So, thinking of my godfather (who I should probably mention was African-American), I'm going to jump ahead into my planned writing meta by a billion posts and discuss writing characters of color. There have been a lot of thoughtful, amazing meta posts on what not to do, and so I'd like to toss my two cents in from the other side of the well.
In accordance with the laws governing the internet, I'm probably about to put my foot in it while trying to explain how not to. As always when I touch on a topic that I have privilege in, calling me on my BS is appreciated.
( The Simplest Equation in the World is... )
( Unpack Your Privilege )
( Purposes )
( This is Hard )
