But look at a realist novel like "Emma" set in 18th c England and all about marriage, social status, etc set in an English village. Do you really think you could interchangeably plug in a black main character without all those themes having played out radically different?
You responded. But it wasnt an answer.You realize you already asked that and I already answered, right?
You responded. But it wasnt an answer.
Is Emma fiction? Come on.
If I have to explain how a black family experience re social status and marriage in an 18th c English village will be really different from a white one.... well, as interesting as this case might be, I can see this will be too much work to be worth it.What answer were you hoping for? I haven't read Emma.
Explain yourself. You're the one making the claim here.
You don't understand, or pretend not to understand, the difference between fantasy novels and characters (e.g. James Bond) and novels portraying real world situations and characters (e.g. Emma). Now, that is either surprising ignorance on the part of an educated individual, or cynical rhetoric on the part of someone abusing their education. (Have you stopped beating your wife?)Well what is the problem then?
If I have to explain how a black family experience re social status and marriage in an 18th c English village will be really different from a white one.... well, as interesting as this case might be, I can see this will be too much work to be worth it.
Yeah, I don't understand how this is different.I'm not sure what you're saying here...
There's been plenty of suggestions about making this or that fictional white character "black" without meaningfully changing the narrative at all. From James Bond to....well here's a list...
Black Actors Who Played White Characters
So it's been done....with praise.
That would make it something other than Roots then wouldn't it. The story you propose could definitely be done as long as no one tried to pawn it off on someone as Roots.
It has been done and it resulted in lots of people deciding the author was racist despite several other novels that made that charge a bit absurd.
I noticed with Moby Dick they made Ahab black.... but they kept the white whale!
That seems racist to me. Between the two Ahab is the less sympathetic character.
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