Really enjoyed reading this Janice!! When you wrote about hamming up your essay really reminded me of American Fiction/the novel Erasure - when there is an expectation for POC to write about their heritage, and anything else is disregarded, even if it’s the true experience to the author. A great read, excited for more!
Thanks Riva! Let me try and read Erasure at some point. I'm sure the experience isn't unique to me, and the thing is, I do now primarily write about my "own" culture, by choice, although it's unfortunate (and a problem) that in the Global North, white people are still the arbiters of who can and can't be published.
Really enjoyed reading this Janice!! When you wrote about hamming up your essay really reminded me of American Fiction/the novel Erasure - when there is an expectation for POC to write about their heritage, and anything else is disregarded, even if it’s the true experience to the author. A great read, excited for more!
Thanks Riva! Let me try and read Erasure at some point. I'm sure the experience isn't unique to me, and the thing is, I do now primarily write about my "own" culture, by choice, although it's unfortunate (and a problem) that in the Global North, white people are still the arbiters of who can and can't be published.