I agree that saying your only attracted to white men is racist though. I don’t ncessarily think having a preference is racist, but dismissing people from every other race just cause they aren’t white, is.

Sliding scale. Not on/off. “Preferring” white people, but being open to other races would still be racist.

Not all stories need to ‘treat the experience of black characters seriously’. That’s like saying a character can only be black if the story calls for it. A non-white characters story doesn’t have to revolve around their race. And it’s not just black characters. You don’t write Asian, latino, Middle Eastern either. There is no reason you couldn’t write a story about an office worker or a cop and have them be another race.

Good stories treat the experiences of their characters seriously, and for minority characters, that more often than not includes treating their experience *as* someone of a minority seriously. Perhaps that isn’t the same thing as tokenism, but I think it’s just as much a flaw as tokenism is. And of course I’m not only restricting discourse to black characters, if I implied that, it was mistaken.

You most definitely are ‘that kid’.

Still have no idea what you’re talking about.

‘with mustaches’ – Weasley confirmed for ‘that kid’.

Not sure who that is, but I don’t think that’s me.

I thin that’s exactly what they meant by hot. :3

Thanks.

Racism: “I’m only attracted to white men because of their superior Aryan blood.” Not racism: “I’m only attracted to white men.” Tokenism: “Oh no, my story doesn’t have any black people. Let me shoehorn one in.” Not tokenism: “My story is all white guys and one black guy, that’s just the way their characters are. I didn’t really consider their race as important.”

Both of those are racist, one is just more racist than the other. Both of those kinds of stories fail to treat the experience of black characters seriously, one just does a worse job than the other.

Racism and tokenism, like so many other things, are sliding scales, not an on/off switch.

Are you as hot as the guys in your stories? (Which is to say, incredibly hot).

Depends on what you think “hot” means? If you like younger, husky, cubby bears with mustaches, then probably.

How do you write your stories with such great pride? Seriously, I wanna know because I always feel awkward when I write fetishy stories.

Stop caring what people think.

Not caring what people think happens to look a whole lot like pride.

To be honest this entire polemic was initially intended as trolling, and I wasn’t really bothered by the story (although, the black guy is actually a basketball player – seriously?), that is until it has gotten serious. I’m sorry if it upset you. Also the doctor story needs moar sexy times.

I figured as much, but it really is something I think about fairly often. The conversation hasn’t upset me in the slightest, but it has given me some stuff to think about, which I appreciate.

Whoa! “Anonymous” needs a boyfriend that puts out.

I secretly like to imagine that all of my anonymous askers are actually one person with severe multiple personality disorder, and he’s just dating himself in one large polygamous mess of psychological drives.