Oct 30, 2014
basically how to make sure ur PoC character isn't a token character : 1) is it the only PoC character in your story ? 2) if you have more than one, are they extremely similar ? are they siblings ? 3) did you do some research on your character's culture and the community it belongs to ? 4) is your character being treated differently because of their origins ? if u answered yes / yes / no / yes, congrats u just made a fucking token character try again
#i'm no expert but yeah#just tired of only seeing 'token' characters in series or whatever#token black guy#token lesbian#token everything#i hate this shit#you're being extremely hypocritical if you think#''oh hey i need at least one black one asian and one woman or ppl are gonna be pissed''#it means you weren't considering putting them in your story in the first place#it means you're forcing it#it means you don't see them as worthy characters#they're here because they have to#not because you want them to#and that's a terrible writer flaw#y'all make up alien species and make them relatable but a fucking hispanic woman ?#bro i can't deal with this#so yeah thank#just a tip