And if so, the book always contains some micro aggressions
2025-12-28 00:11:02
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Ari :
And there will be the one token character who’s just the “best friend”
2025-12-27 22:35:14
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Kakochi Saiki | Author📚🖊️ :
My book has a lack of white characters and every species is a poc representation. Elves = Indians. In my book as representation of culture and etc.
2025-12-28 01:04:20
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Aaliyha Holmes | Author 📚 :
Honestly, I completely understand where you’re coming from like my character, Isaiah and my romance novel although like he did start off white, I changed it to where I didn’t even mention the type of skin tone that he had I kind of wanted him to be ambiguous to the readers mind because I could not decide what he was going to beI’m like could he be mixed? Could he be black? I have no idea you guys use your own interpretation.💀💀
2026-01-23 16:24:13
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authorrheajones :
If it makes you feel better, when I first heard you talking about Zachary, I knew his black. I never once assumed white. Also, I’m struggling with the same thing and I’ve come to the realization that not only do I need to change my characters but my whole story (not bc of color but just because it no longer makes sense to me fr fr but I’m definitely gonna make my characters a black cast the second go round).
2025-12-28 03:49:23
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tarynknightlyauthor :
May I recommend A Vow of Shadow and Blood and Shadows of the Crimson Crown? 💖
2025-12-28 10:04:12
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hum 📚🐛 :
That’s why you need to read POC authors who care!
2025-12-28 02:07:59
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S.D. Crump | Author 🌸 :
I was just talking with my Mom about this!!! For mood boards I like to look up different POC actors and actresses. Which helped a bit, but there’s still a lack of representation. Even now I struggle with thinking about adding white characters to my novel cause I’m afraid it won’t be received, but I just want to create a world where we thrive and we’re the main characters. That’s why I’m starting my novel :)✨💗
2025-12-28 04:20:40
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𝐌𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐚ꨄ𝐚𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐫 :
The mmc I‘m currently writing is a POC !! I love him so much
2025-12-28 12:42:18
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Fleur Fanée| Writer📚 :
and when they add a black character it's every stereotype under the sun instead of an actual character.. in most cases, it feels like people are just checking off a list instead of putting effort into writing a character that also happens to be black🤦🏾♀️
2025-12-28 00:51:50
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Kyla💜📚 :
I’m begging you to read immortal dark. It’s black vampires and is written by a black author!!!! It’s one of my fav reads this year!
2025-12-28 14:58:40
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Alano | Writer :
me when my next novel is literally centered around dia de los muertos so both mcs are mexican 🤭
2026-01-02 09:25:06
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Romane | author 🗡️🐉👑 :
In my first wip, the main is poc (mixed) and some people asked me : why would you do that on purpose ?!? And I was like bruh ???
2026-01-28 19:14:48
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K.S. | Author :
100% justified crash out. This right here is why I tried to make all my main characters POC as a black author 😭
2026-01-24 21:40:38
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joshuatheartmystic📚 :
To help you out, my middle name is Zechariah and both of my parents are black
2025-12-28 18:23:47
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xoxoprincesscinderel :
I'm working on a high fantasy story where my poc characters are nobility and the focus of the story. The aesthetics are mostly inspired by the 1850s era, where it has a more older and romantic feel to it and I think you'll love my book because I have the MC's love interest to be the only white character in the group. Maybe they will end up together or maybe they won't?
2025-12-28 03:02:23
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Author Manon Jean :
I hear you! I’m writing novels with Haitian characters as the MC. In my first novel 2 of the female MC’s are black and the 3rd is Chinese. We can create the things we want! 💜
2025-12-29 19:02:04
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Piper Marie Writes :
The Pinterest thing is soooo real😭 And I know not everyone can, but that's why I decided to draw my own characters because POC characters in horror is just not there.
2025-12-29 18:43:59
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ꨄ︎ :
Or theres that one ambiguously brown character, who’s ethnicity and race is unknown and all we know is that he (tends to be mostly a dude) is exotic. Is he south Asian? Italian? Black? God knows 😭
2025-12-28 13:56:38
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Demetrius | Author :
will be dropping soon, still doing some editing on it but keep my book in mind. will not disappoint
2026-02-15 01:58:47
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Laley writes 📚 🌹 :
My characters will always be a POC. I dnf a book (other reasons too) that used the POC tropes to promote and girl had a Latin last name, no Spanish and nothing else referencing to it and im like....uh.....
2025-12-27 22:50:24
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maria :
especially in video games too. i just started playing South of Midnight and it is SO refreshing. i rarely find games with any black playable characters. This game is so beautiful and includes a black fmc. the southern black american lore and main cast of characters are so so interesting. im loving it so far.
2025-12-28 10:07:02
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Hugh Kibera | Author :
my MC is Kenyan-American and his best friends are hispanic and black as well!!
2025-12-28 22:04:48
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