tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3051850324215622990.post8367283825236433899..comments2024-02-01T13:07:47.576-06:00Comments on Linda Rodriguez Writes: One More Reason Why We Need Diverse LitLinda Rodriguezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11913741596693442469noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3051850324215622990.post-76222684836923314012016-01-09T05:19:19.110-06:002016-01-09T05:19:19.110-06:00Diversity is every single field brings color and a...Diversity is every single field brings color and all the ingenuity to the spot light. <a href="http://www.ticketsdepot247.com/other/" rel="nofollow">buy adult tickets</a>Patricia Carterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01375081331134359626noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3051850324215622990.post-71583130799127291162014-06-09T00:55:10.462-05:002014-06-09T00:55:10.462-05:00Linda, I love this blog, because it is about foste...Linda, I love this blog, because it is about fostering understanding and communicating and not about one perspective or putting anyone down while building another up. It's about becoming familiar, which is inclusive, rather than teaching which puts someone at the head of the class and the rest behind desks. Each of us has a story of our own to tell and many more to listen to. If we make assumptions about other people's stories we won't learn. We must be responsible for our own learning and that starts with making good and varied choices about listening.Maureen Harringtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03499876353651763590noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3051850324215622990.post-23117685940470571552014-06-03T15:02:50.218-05:002014-06-03T15:02:50.218-05:00Linda, this is an excellent post. I strongly ident...Linda, this is an excellent post. I strongly identify. I linked to you at River, Blood, And Corn, and have tweeted. And I also routed this piece to "invited reader only" site (with readership of thousands of mixed race family members) that I'm co-administering in conjunction with a yearly conference where I sit on a panel on the topic of race and white privilege. Your post nailed it. A large majority agrees with you, and the white readers who do not understand are working to gain a better understanding. The purpose of our forum is to bring awareness to those who want to learn. <br /><br />Thank you. I am honored to be invited me to join the growing number of authors, publishers and writers within this online campaign calling for more diversity in publishing<br /><br />Terra Trevorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07078387338442714483noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3051850324215622990.post-26484774329039038152014-06-03T12:25:51.681-05:002014-06-03T12:25:51.681-05:00Excellent and timely post especially with the reac...Excellent and timely post especially with the reaction to the recent passing of Maya Angelou. Looking at posts after her entire biography was reprinted in obituary articles, it was interesting to see how those who loved her poetry and writings from one viewpoint expressed different thoughts when they learned more about the obstacles she encountered in her life. What you write needs to be said...thought about...truly understood...and incorporated into life.Debra H. Goldsteinhttp://www.debrahgoldstein.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3051850324215622990.post-18941214807788483062014-06-03T11:43:49.491-05:002014-06-03T11:43:49.491-05:00Yes, those with 'privilege blinders' but o...Yes, those with 'privilege blinders' but otherwise being, or thinking they are, well-intentioned - I know too many of them. So often I've heard 'they don't work hard enough' referring mostly to people of color who are underemployed, not paid enough to support themselves or a family, or unable to get employment. I've learned there is absolutely no discussing it with them, because they work hard! Perhaps through story, fiction or non, it might be easier for such people to get an inkling of other peoples' experience. They are not threatened, within or without, while engaged in reading and might allow themselves an opportunity to relax out of shored up thought patterns and expectations and get, if not a new perspective, at least a glimmer that one might exist.Mary MShttp://www.movingfromtheinsideout.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3051850324215622990.post-27892071336241814242014-06-02T16:23:10.375-05:002014-06-02T16:23:10.375-05:00If someone is locked into his/her version of privi...If someone is locked into his/her version of privilege and has no empathy, than I see no hope for someone to appreciate aother's desperate situation. That benighted person gets labeled OTHER and then discarded, not worthy of consideration. With the huge growth in entitlement these days, that means a concommitant decline in empathy. I do fear for the future. kkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02296326994943617709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3051850324215622990.post-22159621022595695382014-06-02T10:29:45.549-05:002014-06-02T10:29:45.549-05:00Your ability to place yourself in the other person...Your ability to place yourself in the other person's shoes brings out several pertinent topics some people don't want to have. Thanks for sharing this with a larger audience and participating on this topic of diverse literature.Mona AlvaradoFrazierhttp://alvaradofrazier.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3051850324215622990.post-78253147978106100662014-06-02T10:00:38.967-05:002014-06-02T10:00:38.967-05:00Sorry, that should be "books about non-white ...Sorry, that should be "books about non-white characters." Bad editing on my part.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3051850324215622990.post-67781236805701857262014-06-02T09:58:59.263-05:002014-06-02T09:58:59.263-05:00In my days behind the library reference desk, I sa...In my days behind the library reference desk, I saw a lot of conversations about diversity in writing. I think we absolutely need to hear a more diverse collection of voices, and one of the things that pleases me about the changes in the publishing industry and the move toward small presses in self-publishing is that there is an opportunity for those voices to be heard even if they're not through the traditional publishing machine.<br /><br />I do remember two interesting and unfortunate ideas that kept coming up when discussing diversity in writing:<br /><br />1. There is a notion that white men and women don't have the authority (or possibly, even the right) to write diverse characters in an authentic way.<br /><br />2. There is a notion that books about non-white books are written only for a non-white audience, and not all minority writers want to write minority characters or worse, be pigeon-holed as writers for a minority audience, because non-minority readers will dismiss books featuring minority characters as being "not for them."<br /><br />These two ideas create an interesting problem. On the one hand, you have a group of authors who might want to write a more diverse cast of characters, but they're afraid of getting booed off the stage or worse. And then you have a group of writers who have the authentic voice but are afraid of being pegged "niche market" writers. Those are two tough roadblocks that need to be removed in order to clear the way for writers wanting to write the human experience.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com