I was disappointed that the article seemed to enforce this dichotomy as well, by bringing up the possibility of asking the people in question: > But it has nev

I was disappointed that the article seemed to enforce this dichotomy as well, by bringing up the possibility of asking the people in question: > But it has never been easier to proceed with good faith and Google, to seek out and respect context[...] and then seemingly striking it down with the Shamsie essay: > The moment you say, a male American writer can’t write about a female Pakistani, you are saying, Don’t tell those stories. but leaving out the part immediately preceding the quote: > But it should be clear that the response to this is for writers to write differently, to write better, to critique the power structures rather than propping them up, to move beyond stereotype—which you need to do for purely technical reasons, because the novel doesn’t much like stereotypes. which doesn't at all preclude discussion.