With most [badfic] authors, you can always tell what sort of cultural background they hail from. If they write into the plot that the biggest trauma for two characters getting together is their race (despite any lack of cultural connection the Unfortunate Colorful Character might have to their "roots"), it's a reflection of their perception of society--mixing is bad, therefore, these characters will face Resistance and Trauma.
I notice this a lot more in yaoi/slash works with relative homophobic responses of friends and family to the OTP coming out, because it's something that is always, always included in some form or another. Even if it's acceptance and happiness, it has to be remarked upon by the author because it's significant that the other characters are good people who would never think like those bad people (thus validating the dominance of the bad people's POV).
OMG Half-breed. That is straight from Harry Potter's Death Eater terminology, except twenty years earlier. Feh. I remember my aunt telling my biracial (Mexican and ... "white") cousin that she was lucky to be able to pass for white, because her older brother had darker skin and definitely couldn't. "Your father is a tall Mexican," she mused on "good" qualities he had inherited. How fortunate for him. *facedesk*
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Date: 2006-06-03 08:18 am (UTC)I notice this a lot more in yaoi/slash works with relative homophobic responses of friends and family to the OTP coming out, because it's something that is always, always included in some form or another. Even if it's acceptance and happiness, it has to be remarked upon by the author because it's significant that the other characters are good people who would never think like those bad people (thus validating the dominance of the bad people's POV).
OMG Half-breed. That is straight from Harry Potter's Death Eater terminology, except twenty years earlier. Feh. I remember my aunt telling my biracial (Mexican and ... "white") cousin that she was lucky to be able to pass for white, because her older brother had darker skin and definitely couldn't. "Your father is a tall Mexican," she mused on "good" qualities he had inherited. How fortunate for him. *facedesk*