Question

is there a website or does anybody have advice on making a POC character? im making a black main love interest and i dont wanna offend anybody and want to educate myself
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Answer 1

make them another race if you think youll offend anybody then

Answer 2

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Answer 3

its on you if you offend anybody then ig

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learn black history?

Answer 6

I feel like you wouldnt offend anybody if you made someone black as the main love interest

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go for it

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are you like asking for advice on like how to draw it or like if you should do it or not?

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as long as its cultural appreciation and not cultural appropriation and not racist

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then your good to go

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yeah you will be fine just go for it

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"im making a black main love interest and i dont wanna offend anybody and want to educate myself"

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be specific please

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just write from your heart like be truthful with the people that are reading your story

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just go with the flow

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bestie nooo

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When your writing about a person of color, DO NOT mention their race

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write them as you'd write a white person, when your writing a white person you dont see a writer comparing their skin to an object

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it'd be real weird if you compared them to an object

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yeah don't mention the race some people find that rude

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i know im trying to say that isnt what i want to do.

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i was saying a example

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just dont mention their race treat them like a normal person

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for example

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OH SORRY I THOUGHT I PUT NOT TO

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OH

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YEAH DONT DO THAT

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that makes sense now

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no your fine

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SORRY I WAS TEXTING TO FAST SORRY

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ITS FINE LOL

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long as you just write from your heart you will be fine

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hm okay lets say

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your character is eating something

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dont make the food a stereotype

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like for example you might be mexican and people will assume you only eat tacos

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haha i am mexican. but yeah i understand that

Answer 38

yeahhh i get that a lot

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people always think i speak spanish and know a bunch of stuff invovling hispanics-

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i can relate as i am hispanic myself

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Answer 42

i wanna make my character be black and it invovle how racism is still a thing. like it wont be the main conflict but it would still be somethin.

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well if your gonna make racism like a conflict don't be mentioning their race allll the time

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you should make racism a conflict about 1-4 times because if you keep mentioning the racism people will start assuming stuff ab you

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oh yeah yeah im only gonna put it in once in a while but not make it a wholllle big thing

Answer 46

yeah do that

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just to make it still realistic on how much racism happens

Answer 48

yeah exactly

Answer 49

Regarding your question, this is very straight forward. Just treat them as a regular person. They're black. Awesome. That info should be about as important as mentioning any other race. As for the racism thing, that's been done before. You already have BLM doing that and it's not like people are unaware of it.

Instead, focus on the actual plot of your story: the love and romance. Don't be throwing a ridiculous amount of attention to your racism storyline. People try to read books to escape reality, not be reminded of issues they see regularly on the news and social media.

Focus on the love plot and you'll be fine.

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yesss wraith

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but i get what you mean i think so thank you

Answer 52

Okay, but like pretty much the new trend now with black characters on TV and books and pop culture is to state how unfairly they're treated, so I figured I'd recommend just focusing on the plot of the story, to help differentiate yourself from other writers. You do what you think is best though. It's your book after all.

Answer 53

Have a nice day!

Answer 54

Don't put too much thought into the fact your MC is black. Focus on the plot as much as you can and treat them just like any other character. Don't use any weird words to describe their skin tone or face complex and features.

Answer 55

Your book is about romance, not race. Keep going dude ily/p

Answer 56

i mean if it's just a black/poc character nothings wrong do what you want it's your novel