It doesn’t at all! She’s bullied for being a lesbian as well and her best friend is bullied for being bisexual. I thought that it might be more okay to write about racism that the MC is witnessing as that is something that I have experienced before. This was a story idea that I had and I thought it would be interesting to write, but I also thought the racism aspect could be offensive which is why I posted about it. A big part of the reason I thought racism would be an informative view to incorporate was because in the rubric about the challenge they said it would be awesome to see inclusive stories (about race, religion, ethnicity, sexuality, gender, etc.) and this idea was one that I had. I definitely don’t need to have her experience racism, but I thought having her best friend experience it would be something informative to have rather than her experiencing it as I have never experienced it firsthand. Thank you so much for your opinion and thoughts. I’m definitely going to drastically change up the plot of the story. Do you really think that I shouldn’t have her best friend experience racism? If you do, I won’t have it in the story, but I think it would be a very informing idea to have in the story as I have had friends who experience racism and I have tried to stand up for them so that would be something that I myself have experienced. Again, thank you so much for your opinion. It really is helpful.
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