Personally, I’m kinda tired of POC facing racism in stories. 🤷 An ignorant side remark by a character about someone’s race or culture is the alright. But if the main conflict or the main arc of a character is about the racism they face, I personally don’t wanna read about it unless the writer is a POC themselves.
Whenever a POC gets a role in a story, their character always has something to do with their racial struggle-- even if the main story has nothing to do with racial injustice. Like, we can’t just live a life without being confronted about our race. Not in real life, not in fiction. I’d say if it has nothing to do with the story, dont include it at all.
It’s different tho if POC want to write about their own racial struggles, and use the MC in their story as an outlet of that frustration. Which is why I say it’s okay for them to do that. If someone doesn’t experience racism and isn’t writing about it as an outlet of their frustration with dealing with racism, I just have to ask why? You can write a character who’s a POC, not make their story the center of racism, and still have an amazing story. We already have too many trauma p*rn stories, like some else said on another thread.
I hope this helps? I know you’re POC too, but I’m mostly speaking in general. And I obviously don’t speak for everyone.