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> that specific detail, like all details in fiction, is intended to communicate something to the reader/viewer Except the details of being white or male - thos

• krapp 6y ago
  >Except the details of being white or male - those are not intended to communicate anything? Not typically. Being white and male (and straight, and Christian) is considered so normative in Western society and culture that it's basically a blank slate, "default human." How often is a white character's race specifically mentioned, unless it's to form a contrast with some other non-white character's race? It almost never happens, because white male characters are often just there. Every deviation from that norm has to be specifically mentioned and pointed out, and unless the author is part of the group or culture being portrayed, is usually done through stereotype.