On Eurocentricity in Fantasy Fiction
Posted by Cinda Williams Chima on Sep 13, 2011 in Blog, Featured, Guest Posts, Young Adult | 8 comments I admit it — I am Eurocentric, but I am trying to evolve. My racial heritage is Scots-British-Irish with a dash of German. There is some tenuous documentary evidence of Cherokee and possibly African blood, but if it’s there, it has been greatly diluted. And it was introduced so long ago that it’s not visibly part of my physical, social or emotional heritage. Because I have lived my life in...read more