respectability politics

Why Latinx Writers Should Decenter the Narratives That Have Been Weaponized Against Us

Why Latinx Writers Should Decenter the Narratives That Have Been Weaponized Against Us

Just last week, I received maybe the first piece of editorial advice that I felt compelled to flat out reject: that Latinx writers have a moral obligation to not write stories in which Latinx characters are portrayed in the context of the drug war or violence or anything else that might reinforce stereotypes.