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Post by 𝕊’𝕞𝕠𝕣𝕖 on Aug 16, 2017 19:45:45 GMT -5
OOC I guess it almost didn't get published because people keep calling the author and the book racist but it's not, it's about racism and how a girl changes her narrow minded view on it (all on a fictional world too)
However that's not really what I wanted to talk about.
It makes me worried for a book I want to get published. It's set on another world, where people have a sort of social hierarchy based on hair color, and one color ties into this whole prophecy of the planet being doomed (its cooler than it sounds, I promise) however now I'm worried that people would twist it and turn it into something like the Black Witch even though it's not (It's not even supposed to have a political undertone but I can definitely see people making it have one.)
And idk, if that book had a hard time getting published. What if I can't even get mine published at all?
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Post by 𝕊’𝕞𝕠𝕣𝕖 on Aug 16, 2017 19:57:17 GMT -5
OOC I know it sounds stupid to worry, but I still do, because I have loved this story idea for years and here I am, worried I might not even get it published because people would take it the wrong way.
Would you guys take a book like that and call it offensive? I gotta get some feed back on it.
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Post by ❴ ғα∂ιηg ✦ яεαℓιтү ❵ on Aug 16, 2017 20:02:33 GMT -5
I dont feel yours is going to have a hard time for that
although I do take a different standpoint on the book you mentioned - the black witch - as while the intent was not to be racist and was meant to be about changing views it didn't portray that intent well, it really seemed like the author was patting themself on the back for them believing they were an actual decent human being, would love to see the authors IAT test results
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Post by 𝕊’𝕞𝕠𝕣𝕖 on Aug 16, 2017 20:05:14 GMT -5
I dont feel yours is going to have a hard time for that although I do take a different standpoint on the book you mentioned - the black witch - as while the intent was not to be racist and was meant to be about changing views it didn't portray that intent well, it really seemed like the author was patting themself on the back for them believing they were an actual decent human being, would love to see the authors IAT test results OOC Oh? Because I'm worried it will. People twist and turn everything into something and that worries me.
The series still has books left, there's plenty of time for more change and stuff. Either way, I'm refraining from judging until I've actually read the book. Which I haven't yet, just heard about it. But I do plan on reading it.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 16, 2017 20:17:17 GMT -5
I just read up on the black witch thing, and I personally think that the whole mess was definitely not unwarranted In fact, read this review and you might just have your opinion changed about the book, although it might be biased, it's actually really, really in-depth. b00kstorebabe.blogspot.com/2017/03/review-black-witch-by-laurie-forest.htmlI haven't read the book though, so I might just pick up the book to see if all of the things said in the review is all true
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Post by ❴ ғα∂ιηg ✦ яεαℓιтү ❵ on Aug 16, 2017 20:18:12 GMT -5
I dont feel yours is going to have a hard time for that although I do take a different standpoint on the book you mentioned - the black witch - as while the intent was not to be racist and was meant to be about changing views it didn't portray that intent well, it really seemed like the author was patting themself on the back for them believing they were an actual decent human being, would love to see the authors IAT test results OOC Oh? Because I'm worried it will. People twist and turn everything into something and that worries me.
The series still has books left, there's plenty of time for more change and stuff. Either way, I'm refraining from judging until I've actually read the book. Which I haven't yet, just heard about it. But I do plan on reading it.
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people are always gonna twist things, you just have to handle it in a way that doesn't make it worse, and its not a new concept for there to be other things used for prejudicial behavior in books, its really only when its things used for actual prejudicial behavior does it start to get touchy because there are emotions there and it gets personal I've only read passages of it, and not only do i not like the way they went with it but the storyline also isn't for me, but I do hope they better it with the sequels because it is a book meant for a younger audience
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Post by 𝕊’𝕞𝕠𝕣𝕖 on Aug 16, 2017 20:31:46 GMT -5
I just read up on the black witch thing, and I personally think that the whole mess was definitely not unwarranted In fact, read this review and you might just have your opinion changed about the book, although it might be biased, it's actually really, really in-depth. b00kstorebabe.blogspot.com/2017/03/review-black-witch-by-laurie-forest.htmlI haven't read the book though, so I might just pick up the book to see if all of the things said in the review is all true OOC This wasn't really about the book but okay. I'm still gonna read the book because from what I understand, it's about racism, it's not racist.
This was more of me worrying about my own book being twisted and the like.
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Post by 𝕊’𝕞𝕠𝕣𝕖 on Aug 16, 2017 20:34:29 GMT -5
OOC Oh? Because I'm worried it will. People twist and turn everything into something and that worries me.
The series still has books left, there's plenty of time for more change and stuff. Either way, I'm refraining from judging until I've actually read the book. Which I haven't yet, just heard about it. But I do plan on reading it.
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people are always gonna twist things, you just have to handle it in a way that doesn't make it worse, and its not a new concept for there to be other things used for prejudicial behavior in books, its really only when its things used for actual prejudicial behavior does it start to get touchy because there are emotions there and it gets personal I've only read passages of it, and not only do i not like the way they went with it but the storyline also isn't for me, but I do hope they better it with the sequels because it is a book meant for a younger audience OOC Yeah, I guess.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 16, 2017 20:34:39 GMT -5
I just read up on the black witch thing, and I personally think that the whole mess was definitely not unwarranted In fact, read this review and you might just have your opinion changed about the book, although it might be biased, it's actually really, really in-depth. b00kstorebabe.blogspot.com/2017/03/review-black-witch-by-laurie-forest.htmlI haven't read the book though, so I might just pick up the book to see if all of the things said in the review is all true OOC This wasn't really about the book but okay. I'm still gonna read the book because from what I understand, it's about racism, it's not racist.
This was more of me worrying about my own book being twisted and the like.
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yeah, but like, the book is crappy for other reasons too i forgot about that, lol
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