We are a passionate fighting people, people aware that some struggles can't be won without a fight. Because of this, we have many in-roads that other US minorities do not have. We have the African-American read-in. We have Black conferences such as Onyx con, Alien Encounters etc. We have Black book festivals and podcasts.
Consider for instance, movies like Akira and The Last Airbender. White film-makers take artistic property with Asian protagonists and replace these Asian main characters with White protagonists. Such a thing could never happen with a Black novel, film, or cartoon. Why? Because Hollywood knows we African-Americans would not stand for it.
During the Civil Rights era, the Asian-American community stood by while Blacks, Native Americans, Gays, Hispanics, fought for their rights. During that time, the Asian American community benefitted from the struggles of other minorities but because they had not join in the fight, they still have not gained the creative power that Black artists have.
Wile it is true, the Black creative world has not totally arrive, we are still a PRESENCE. People notice us. We have grown in force and are involved in and apart of the mainstream. We are in White owned events, conferences, podcasts, and publishing houses. And we have our own events, podcasts and conferences. Those fighters from back in the day would be proud to see how much good their battles have won for us.
Please post the link to this article to twitter using any of the following hashtags. Pass the word on about Blackscifi.
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Consider for instance, movies like Akira and The Last Airbender. White film-makers take artistic property with Asian protagonists and replace these Asian main characters with White protagonists. Such a thing could never happen with a Black novel, film, or cartoon. Why? Because Hollywood knows we African-Americans would not stand for it.
During the Civil Rights era, the Asian-American community stood by while Blacks, Native Americans, Gays, Hispanics, fought for their rights. During that time, the Asian American community benefitted from the struggles of other minorities but because they had not join in the fight, they still have not gained the creative power that Black artists have.
Wile it is true, the Black creative world has not totally arrive, we are still a PRESENCE. People notice us. We have grown in force and are involved in and apart of the mainstream. We are in White owned events, conferences, podcasts, and publishing houses. And we have our own events, podcasts and conferences. Those fighters from back in the day would be proud to see how much good their battles have won for us.
Please post the link to this article to twitter using any of the following hashtags. Pass the word on about Blackscifi.
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Other participants
Check out the other members of this Online Black History Month Event:
Winston Blakely, Artist/Writer-- is a Fine Arts/Comic Book artist, having a career spanning 20 years, whose achievements have included working for Valiant Comics and Rich Buckler's Visage Studios. He is also the creator of Little Miss Strange, the world's first black alien sorceress and the all- genre anthology entitled - Immortal Fantasy. Both graphic albums are available at Amazon, Barnes and Nobles and other online book store outlets. Visit him: http://blakelyworks.blogspot.com/ or http://blakelyworkstudio.weebly.com/
L. M. Davis, Author--began her love affair with fantasy in the second grade. Her first novel, Interlopers: A Shifters Novel, was released in 2010, and the follow-up Posers: A Shifters Novel will be released this spring. For more information visit her blog http://shiftersseries.wordpress.com/ or her website www.shiftersnovelseries.com.
Milton Davis, Author – Milton Davis is owner/publisher of MVmedia, LLC . As an author he specializes in science fiction and fantasy and is the author of Meji Book One, Meji Book Two and Changa’s Safari. Visit him: http://www.mvmediaatl.com/Wagadu/ and www.wagadu.ning.com.
Margaret Fieland, Author-- lives and writes in the suburbs west of Boston, MA
with her partner and five dogs. She is one of the Poetic Muselings. Their poetry anthology, Lifelineshttp://tinyurl.com/LifelinesPoetry/ is available from Amazon.com Her book, "Relocated," will be available from MuseItUp Publishing in July, 2012. The Angry Little Boy," will be published by 4RV publishing in early 2013. You may visit her website, http://www.margaretfieland.com
with her partner and five dogs. She is one of the Poetic Muselings. Their poetry anthology, Lifelineshttp://tinyurl.com/LifelinesPoetry/ is available from Amazon.com Her book, "Relocated," will be available from MuseItUp Publishing in July, 2012. The Angry Little Boy," will be published by 4RV publishing in early 2013. You may visit her website, http://www.margaretfieland.com
Valjeanne Jeffers, Author -- is an editor and the author of the SF/fantasy novels: Immortal, Immortal II: The Time of Legend and Immortal III: Stealer of Souls. Her fourth and fifth novels: Immortal IV: Collision of Worlds and The Switch: Clockwork will be released this spring. Visit her at: http://valjeanne.wordpress.com and http://wwwsistermoon.blogspot.com and http://qandvaffordableediting.blogspot.com/
Alicia McCalla, Author- writes for both young adults and adults with her brand of multicultural science fiction, urban fantasy, and futurism. Her debut novel, Breaking Free will be available February 1, 2012. The Breaking Free theme song created by Asante McCalla is available for immediate download on itunes and Amazon. Visit her at:http://www.aliciamccalla.com
Carole McDonnell, Author--She writes Christian, speculative fiction, and multicultural stories. Her first novel is Wind Follower. Her short fiction has appeared in many anthologies and have been collected in an ebook, Spirit Fruit: Collected Speculative Fiction. Visit Carole: http://carolemcdonnell.blogspot.com/ orhttp://writersofcolorblogtour.blogspot.com/
Rasheedah Phillips,Author--is the creator of The AfroFuturist Affair in Philly. She plans to debut her first spec/sci-fic novel Recurrence Plot in Spring 2012. You may catch her ruminating from time to time on her blog,AstroMythoLosophy.com.
Nicole Sconiers, Author-is also a screenwriter living in the sunny jungle of L.A. She holds an MFA in creative writing from Antioch University Los Angeles, and she recently published Escape from Beckyville: Tales of Race, Hair and Rage. Visit her: http://nicolesconiers.com/index.html
Jarvis Sheffield, M.Ed. is owner & operator of TheDigitalBrothers.com, BlackScienceFictionSociety.com & BlackCommunityEntertainment.com. Visit him: http://www.blacksciencefictionsociety.com/profiles/blog/list?user=2stjwb1h216fd
Thaddeus Howze, Author-- is a veteran of the Information Technology and Communications industry with over twenty-six years of experience. His expertise is in re-engineering IT environments using process-oriented management techniques. In English, that means he studies the needs of his clients and configures their offices to optimize the use of information technology in their environment. Visit him: http://ebonstorm.wordpress.com or http://ebonstorm.weebly.com
Balogun Ojetade, Author—of the bestselling “Afrikan Martial Arts: Discovering the Warrior Within” (non-fiction), “Moses: The Chronicles of Harriet Tubman” (Steampunk) and the feature film, “A Single Link”. Visit him:http://chroniclesofharriet.wordpress.com/
Thaddeus Howze, Author-- is a veteran of the Information Technology and Communications industry with over twenty-six years of experience. His expertise is in re-engineering IT environments using process-oriented management techniques. In English, that means he studies the needs of his clients and configures their offices to optimize the use of information technology in their environment. Visit him: http://ebonstorm.wordpress.com or http://ebonstorm.weebly.com
Balogun Ojetade, Author—of the bestselling “Afrikan Martial Arts: Discovering the Warrior Within” (non-fiction), “Moses: The Chronicles of Harriet Tubman” (Steampunk) and the feature film, “A Single Link”. Visit him:http://chroniclesofharriet.wordpress.com/
4 comments:
Strong thoughts Carole. Thanks for posting this. :)
This what I was talking about...Thank you, Carole... Love it.
Thanks, guys! Hey, we are a mighty mighty people!
That's an excellent observation, Carole. We are a fighting people. Even when you compare our situation with people of the Diaspora in other countries our struggles and achievements stand out. Though we have a long way to go, I feel we'll get close to where we wish to be. The struggle continues...
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