{"id":1647,"date":"2021-04-16T05:25:51","date_gmt":"2021-04-16T04:25:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/edgeverse.org\/?p=1647"},"modified":"2021-04-16T05:27:44","modified_gmt":"2021-04-16T04:27:44","slug":"diver","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/edgeverse.org\/?p=1647","title":{"rendered":"Diversity, Sensitivity and Censorship"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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One of the most divisive topics of our time, thanks to an incredibly irresponsible mainstream media, is that of diversity. People have become literally afraid to express themselves out of fear of offending people, or perhaps more specifically, of offending the wrong<\/i> people. Certain words and opinions have become increasingly taboo as we\u2019re constantly dictated to on what we must and must not think and say.<\/h5>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
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You only need to look at the various writing forums to see a lot of new authors seeking answers as they begin writing their first novels. Should they include different races? Are they obliged to accommodate different ideologies? Must different sexual orientations be evenly represented?<\/p>

The simple answer to all of these questions is \u2018no\u2019. All of this nonsense is best ignored; allow me to explain\u2026<\/p>

There is absolutely nothing wrong with the principle of inclusivity. I doubt anybody reading this believes that people who were born different have a lesser right to be included. But, by that same logic, nobody should have a greater right to be included either. If someone was born without arms, we probably wouldn\u2019t invite them for a game of tennis, for example. It\u2019s very important we apply some common sense to the situation, and in doing so, the muddied waters of the modern world start to clear all by themselves.<\/p>

When it comes to publishing, it\u2019s important to keep in mind that we\u2019re leaving behind a record of who we were. We are adding to the historical record of the human race and we shouldn\u2019t cheapen it by only highlighting certain things that we identify with. The right to be published should absolutely be open to everyone equally, even if much of it is not worth reading.<\/p>

And that should be the end of it. Once we resort to filling diversity quotas, it never ends well, as anyone reading this probably already knows. Quotas always lead to the juking of stats, prioritising the numbers on the page at the expense of the real world outcome, and everything just gets worse as a result.<\/p>

Certain ideologies are now so wildly out of control that it\u2019s almost impossible to question any aspect of them without being labelled an oppressor, even though the belief structure is by definition oppressive, and crumbles like a house of cards upon scrutiny. These perspectives are trendy, shift like patterns in the sand, and has no place intruding on the world of art and expression.<\/p>

As an independent artist, nobody has the right to dictate the content of your work. It\u2019s your job and yours alone to carefully examine all sides of an issue and present a reasoned, intelligent story that takes a serious and critical look at the topics that interest you. That doesn\u2019t mean that you should simply accept what people around you are saying, but neither does it mean the opposite.<\/p>

One of the ironies of the human condition is that things now considered shallow were once thought of as common sense, learned through generations of experience and hard earned wisdom. In many cases, we\u2019ve simply forgotten. Other times, that they belong in the past, like humans were any different then. Typically such lessons are often badly misunderstood, and in actuality make considerably more sense than the arguments against them.<\/p>

For example, there\u2019s the old adage that you shouldn\u2019t judge a book by its cover. If that were the case, then why do we have book covers? We all know that people absolutely do make judgements based on first impressions. We know that, and we have no choice but to accept that it is just human nature.<\/p>

Likewise, if someone is clearly overweight, we make assumptions about them. The current trend that\u2019s being promoted these days is to not judge, to accept their lifestyle choice and not to assume they\u2019re unhealthy. Some go even further and insist that they are even more healthy, and that they are beautiful.<\/p>

And yet we all know that\u2019s incredibly naive. People gain weight because of the choices they make, and we can absolutely make reasonable judgements about that person based on this.<\/p>

Should we judge a man for being short, or bald, or by the colour of his skin? Absolutely not. Should we make assumptions about a man dressed like the criminals in the latest movies, shouting at bystanders, and whistling at passing women? Of course we can. It\u2019s absolutely right and reasonable that we make cursory judgements about a person based on the choices they\u2019ve made and the way they present themselves to the world.<\/p>

And, sadly, a lot of the other things we\u2019re told make equally little sense.<\/p>

When it comes to diversity, the choice to include or to leave out is yours, and belongs to nobody else. Put the people in the story that need to be in the story. Leave out whatever characters you don\u2019t feel are appropriate.<\/p>

There\u2019s also a growing trend towards tokenism. That\u2019s where a minority element is shoehorned into a story just for the sake of having them represented. The problem with this is that\u2019s it\u2019s just as offensive to the people you\u2019re trying to represent, as entirely leaving them out. Forty years ago, minority groups complained that there was too much tokenism on TV. Now, these same groups are saying there isn\u2019t enough. You cannot win if you try to accommodate such demands.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Putting in a character purely to satisfy a cry for diversity cheapens the character and insults any intelligent people who are being tokenised. Write real, well-rounded characters and everything else will follow.<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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In Hollywood, the long running trend was to insert occasional black characters into a group. Nowadays, it\u2019s more commonly seen with a gay character. Gay people only make up around two percent of the population, so unless your story specifically deals with gay issues, or has at least 50 unique characters, it\u2019s far less likely that they would be included by accident.<\/p>

And assuming we did put one in, how is it not offensive to do so solely on the basis that they\u2019re gay? Often, these characters have no other defining characteristics than that they represent diversity.<\/p>

Having characters that belong to a minority group is of course not an issue, provided they be a character first, and a minority second. Including two-dimensional characters solely as a means to signal to your audience how inclusive you are is frankly insulting. When you do that, you\u2019re not being inclusive, you\u2019re being exploitative.<\/p>

Sensitivity is a whole different subject. How sensitive should you be when you deal with difficult issues. Well, the answer is that you should be as sensitive as the subject demands, and not as sensitive as the vocal minority insists, out of fear it might offend them.<\/p>

Take the story of The Little Mermaid. In the original story, the mermaid dies at the end. She turns into a mass of sea foam. In the Disney version, they made it much more family friendly. But was it really more friendly to families?<\/p>

When you change an ancient story to modernise it, the meaning, and often much of its value, is lost. The original story was about identity, about being true to your origins and learning to accept who you are. When she tried to live in a world she wasn\u2019t born into, she lost her identity and ceased to exist. If we take out the consequences, the story loses its stakes, and the drama vanishes. The lesson the story was trying to teach is gone.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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It\u2019s the same with sensitivity. We now live in an environment where illogical viewpoints are accepted without question and debate is not permitted, because it may cause offence.<\/p>

Well, offence is good for you. Nobody walks through life without being offended. If I wear a red hat and you don\u2019t like red, whose problem is it? It\u2019s not mine, because my bald head is still being shielded from the sun. The problem is with the person who has taken offence, and is therefore not mine to deal with.<\/p>

Adults take offence all the time, and simply shrug it off. Only children have tantrums when someone has said something they don\u2019t like. We should not encourage this in grown-ups. All we end up doing is enabling a very negative and immature behaviour that is bordering on mental illness.<\/p>

Offence is a way of checking and measuring our attitudes. You see, nobody is offended by what we know is true. If I was to say to you that the sun wouldn\u2019t come up tomorrow morning, would you be offended by that? Of course not. You\u2019d laugh, presume I needed to wear a better hat and should stay out of the sun a little more.<\/p>

But, if I was to say to a devoutly religious person that their god is a fictitious creation of their own imagination, they would likely become quite angry about that. But that\u2019s not a reason not to say it. Their anger is because they lack conviction. They\u2019re not quite sure themselves, and when other people question it, it weakens their own belief in the validity of what they\u2019ve accepted.<\/p>

This is extremely beneficial to us as people. If we\u2019re offended, the correct response is to introspect, and question whether or not we\u2019re actually right, and if perhaps we need to change.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Can you imagine what the world would be like right now if you were able to say whatever you thought was correct and reasonable, and the expected response would be people nodding, and thinking about what you said, instead of getting angry?<\/p>

Of course, there are some topics that require a degree of sensitivity. If your subject is death and mortality, especially if it\u2019s about a child, care should be taken as it\u2019s a very raw topic for a great many people. But this must be out of courtesy and respect, not fear. There is a gulf of difference, and we all understand what it is.<\/p>

And finally, we come to censorship.<\/p>

The big question these days is what to avoid talking about in stories. There are whole groups of topics that people avoid, and this is a very dangerous direction because that group of topics is getting larger by the day. There are certain things that used to be considered science, that were absolutely enshrined in fact, but are now taboo because some people are uncomfortable facing the truth.<\/p>

You should never censor yourself, and never censor your characters. It\u2019s death to a story, and the audience will lose interest quickly in the bland and uninteresting ideas that are introduced. Even Hollywood is waking up to this fact now, as they slowly go broke from making such terrible pandering movies.<\/p>

I have faced this issue myself, as all authors have. I have a story involving a main character who has mental health issues and makes many overtly questionable decisions. I actively considered reigning him in, but came to the conclusion that if I did, I\u2019d be censoring my story and selling both my audience, and myself short.<\/p>

I decided it was easier to live with myself knowing I had expressed the story with honesty and integrity.<\/p>

Do I include a diverse cast of characters? It entirely depends on the story. I have included an openly gay character, because doing so made sense to the plot. I\u2019ve included White, Black and Asian characters, where I felt it was appropriate to add them. I sometimes write from a female perspective, and I even once wrote a very well-received feminist article, under a different name, for a client.<\/p>

It doesn\u2019t matter to me because I write characters. Not all women are one way, no more than all men are. Everyone is a little bit different and it takes all of those differences to make a world work.<\/p>

So when you write, write out of respect. Treat your characters like real people, and treat your audience like you\u2019re across from them at a table. Never write out of fear, or to gain points in an argument. J.K. Rowling hasn\u2019t learned that lesson yet, and keeps on making herself look worse and worse every time she opens her mouth. Learn from her mistakes.<\/p>

Never censor yourself, or let other people tell you what you\u2019re allowed to say. If you give in to that even for a moment, they\u2019ll make more demands next time. You can never satisfy people like that because they\u2019re not interested in the result, it\u2019s simply a power grab. They want power over you, and the more they get, the more they want. The only way to win that game is not to play it. Anyone with children will understand exactly what that\u2019s like. If you give in, they demand more and you end up raising spoilt, lazy, insecure and weak children, which is the behaviour of the vocal minority right now.<\/p>

Include the characters that fit your story. Don\u2019t force in things that don\u2019t fit, because your audience will see right through it and you\u2019ll lose their respect. Equally, don\u2019t exclude characters because or your own prejudices. Learn the truth about the people you\u2019re writing, and your prejudices will often melt away.<\/p>

In a writing class I once used an example to make a point. Humans are ninety nine percent the same as a chimpanzee. Only one percent separates us from a hairy, smelly creature that finds its own poop fascinating.<\/p>

If that\u2019s true, then how different can humans actually be from each other? The truth is we\u2019re not that different, and it\u2019s not that difficult to create believable characters, so long as you take the time to get to know how people really are, how they think and behave. But people aren\u2019t White, Black, male, female, gay or straight. They\u2019re individuals, made up from a varied mix of personality and character elements that make them unique. If you can write with that in mind, there will be nothing for anyone to moan about.<\/p>

Of course, that is unlikely to stop them, but at least you know you\u2019ve created something you can be proud of, not pandered to people who only want to stamp you down.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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