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shy_magpie) wrote2020-09-24 03:13 pm
shy_magpie) wrote2020-09-24 03:13 pm
"Human"
Just put my finger on why SFF&H stories that put an emphasis on “being human” and fear of being turned into something different. What level of privilege is the writer on that they've never had their humanity doubted?
Not White? Not Christian? Not straight? not neurotypical? not able bodied? Then even if people haven't called you inhuman to your face you have read people talking about those like you like they aren't people. History is littered with examples of how many don't consider you human if you don't fit a very narrow definition and the violence that ensues.
Its little wonder so many of us latch on to tales about widening our definition of person and embracing the idea of living as a person without being human.
Not White? Not Christian? Not straight? not neurotypical? not able bodied? Then even if people haven't called you inhuman to your face you have read people talking about those like you like they aren't people. History is littered with examples of how many don't consider you human if you don't fit a very narrow definition and the violence that ensues.
Its little wonder so many of us latch on to tales about widening our definition of person and embracing the idea of living as a person without being human.