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kateelliott) wrote2010-04-28 11:32 am
kateelliott) wrote2010-04-28 11:32 am
A Rare Political Comment re: Caution: Hispanic People of Arizona
I rarely blog about politics because I was brought up in a small town where politics and religion were simply not discussed. In addition, I was raised in an ethnic household in which confrontational engagement is discouraged. So that's my upbringing.
In addition, I do not have a confrontational personality and in general prefer to stay away from contentious arguments, although I hope I speak out in appropriate circumstances when I'm being asked to agree with or support prejudice and/or injustice of any kind.
Also, frankly, my public face online--indeed, my only "face" online--is that of the author Kate Elliott who has and values a diverse group of readers. I hope people don't feel they have to agree with my politics in order to like my books, and I certainly don't have to like (or dislike) any given reader's politics in order to hope they like my books. I know that other writers are more overtly political in their public stance, and I think that is just dandy. My own dearth of public political comment is not meant to imply that I am apolitical (I'm not) or that I think others ought to be publicly apolitical, or publicly political. I should hope that people will present themselves in a way that works for them.
My preferred place as a writer is that the narrative flows through me and exists on the page with as little reference to ME PERSONALLY as possible. When it comes to my fiction, all I really care about is the story I have written, not how me, the writer, the individual, the fiddler behind the curtain, fits into it or through it.
Having said that, I had to share this, recently emailed to my spouse by a colleague (who happens to be Hispanic). This in light of the recent draconian and probably unConstitutional immigration law just signed in Arizona.
Feel free to share!
In addition, I do not have a confrontational personality and in general prefer to stay away from contentious arguments, although I hope I speak out in appropriate circumstances when I'm being asked to agree with or support prejudice and/or injustice of any kind.
Also, frankly, my public face online--indeed, my only "face" online--is that of the author Kate Elliott who has and values a diverse group of readers. I hope people don't feel they have to agree with my politics in order to like my books, and I certainly don't have to like (or dislike) any given reader's politics in order to hope they like my books. I know that other writers are more overtly political in their public stance, and I think that is just dandy. My own dearth of public political comment is not meant to imply that I am apolitical (I'm not) or that I think others ought to be publicly apolitical, or publicly political. I should hope that people will present themselves in a way that works for them.
My preferred place as a writer is that the narrative flows through me and exists on the page with as little reference to ME PERSONALLY as possible. When it comes to my fiction, all I really care about is the story I have written, not how me, the writer, the individual, the fiddler behind the curtain, fits into it or through it.
Having said that, I had to share this, recently emailed to my spouse by a colleague (who happens to be Hispanic). This in light of the recent draconian and probably unConstitutional immigration law just signed in Arizona.
Feel free to share!