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Originally Posted by issybird
I don’t buy this. If a story is about white characters I don’t think you can claim ignorance when the author turns out to be white, also. And most stories give some description of the main characters so it’s obvious. As I said above, there are probably some books that are aracial, in that there is no clue whatsoever, but they really are going to be very, very few.
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You may not buy it for some odd reason, but it's the truth. I don't care about race when reading a synopsis in my favorite genres. I browse online and pick up books by Genre and Book synopsis; I do group and buddy reads on Goodreads, and I pick books to suit reading challenges based on cover items, author initials, cover colors, etc. I also have a large collection of books over the years I still need to get to. I don't research authors unless they become favorites.
Synopsis rarely lists the race of the main characters unless it pertains to the plot.
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Originally Posted by issybird
Hardly a coincidence. For whatever reason, you gravitated toward white authors.
Yes, there are more white authors and some part of that is benign, in that it reflects the underlying population. But that’s not the whole of it, either.
I read mostly white authors, for a lot of reasons. But I’d never claim that I’m shocked, shocked to find out they’re mostly white. I certainly wouldn’t expect to be believed if I did.
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I was merely sharing a story of being surprised when I researched my yearly reading a few years back. I tell the truth, but if people choose not to believe me for whatever reason, it doesn't really up bothering me, but I am surprised in this case because my story isn't weird or unlikely. That's twice I've oddly been called a liar recently here on MobileReads -- another was when reporting a bug with my Paperwhite 4.