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June 2, 2009
Vandana Singh Speaks out on “Writing the Other”

Here is an excerpt from her wonderful post:

So my second point is that if an author wants to avoid being in Patricia Wrede’s shoes [of “disappearing” Native Americans], he or she should set out to write for the world, not just for the readership one takes [for] granted (in this case Western white). The world, here, is this diverse place where languages other than English are spoken and people have different skin colors, customs, beliefs and music.

Reading this, all I kept thinking was: “yes, yes, yes!”

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