I’m not automatically discarding your POV, as I said I never read the story nor I’ve ever talked to the writer so I don’t know what her intentions were. But she only did the changes after this post was made, she didn’t acknowledge others’ feelings when her readers called her out. Adding a poc or a black person in your story doesn’t save you automatically from being racist (not saying that she is, I’m just saying that it’s not an excuse to use to prove that she’s not), it’s like the “I have a lot of black friends!” excuse.
Again, I hope that you’re right and I’m extremely happy that she made the changes that were needed, I hope that she’ll write a public statement to clear the air. I’m sure that this experience will teach her a little bit more about discrimination
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