Hal Niedzviecki, editor of Write — a publication for the union’s members — published an opinion piece in the spring 2017 issue titled “Writer’s Prompt.” In the article, in an issue dedicated to indigenous writing, Niedzviecki wrote: “In my opinion, anyone, anywhere, should be encouraged to imagine other peoples, other cultures, other identities.
“I’d go so far
as to say there should even be an award for doing so — the Appropriation Prize
for best book by an author who writes about people who aren’t even remotely
like her or him.”
He went on to
argue that Canadian literature remains “exhaustingly white and middle class”
because writers are discouraged from writing about people and places they don’t
know.
A sociological
term, cultural appropriation is used to describe the adoption of elements or
practices of one cultural group by members of another.
No comments:
Post a Comment