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Originally Posted by shalym
Ok...Samuel R. Delaney. I read some of his books, and had absolutely *no* idea of his race (just like I have no idea of the race of 99.9% of other authors that I've read, TBH). I didn't know that he was African-American until I just googled to find some non-white science fiction authors.
The same goes for Walter Mosley. I've read a lot of the Easy Rawlins books and had no idea of his race, either. It's not only that I don't care, I honestly didn't know.
This also goes for gender--When I read "The Outsiders" as a child, I had no idea the S.E. Hinton was woman.
You can believe me or not, but when I'm reading a story, I don't notice or think about the race or gender of the author unless it's constantly thrown in my face.
Shari
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I too usualy don't pay attention to the sex or race of the author. I read a story because it sounds like I may like it. I have been known to specifically pick something written by a woman. But race doesn't play into it except for the book
Slave By Octavia E. Butler. It did make sense that she is a woman of color. It makes the story more profound.