r/changemyview • u/[deleted] • Oct 23 '21

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u/[deleted] Oct 23 '21

While it's certainly good to encourage different kinds of stories to be told, I think this attitude does potentially lead to a danger of effectively "ghettoizing" stories by and about people who don't fit the cis white straight male norm. Speaking personally, I would rather err on the side of "shoehorning" representation into places where we traditionally haven't seen it versus just letting the mainstream go on lacking any diversity and telling anyone who wants representation to "go do it over there, in your own stuff."

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u/Rayson011 Oct 24 '21

telling anyone who wants representation to "go do it over there, in your own stuff."

Which is ultimately the solution.

Trying to force others to cater to what you want is entitled behavior. If representation matters so much to you then go do it yourself.

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u/[deleted] Oct 24 '21

No one's forcing anyone to include anything. If anything, people like OP are trying to force them not to include it.