Memetherapy recently posted another bit of an interview I did with them, about Science Fiction’s Ethical Dilemmas. In it, I bring up the ugly specter of Racism in a . . . shall we say creative context. Here's a bit:

"The point is that people are very averse to discussing issues revolving around race, because it almost always turns into a 'blame game' or a powder keg. Science Fiction allows writers to bypass a lot of the automatic dismissals that are wired into people’s minds, by turning into aliens from another planet. Nobody is going to call the NAACP if you complain about those 'damn green-blooded Vulcans' or generalize that all Wookies are a bunch of angry 'walking carpets.' Nobody cares. But the fact that we don’t question why Wookies and Vulcans are not offended should speak to our own political ultra-sensitivity on the topic."

Read the full piece, and other commentary by Mindy Klasky of The Glasswright Series and Juliet McKenna of The Write Fantastic.