Talk #916

Title:RACE & RACISM IN SCIENCE FICTION
Category:lit
Timeslot:Sun 10:00 am (90 minutes)
Location:ACC / 207-A
Description:Why is science fiction so white? The characters seem almost all to be Caucasian or Alien. Is this simply because so many of the writers are white? (And why is that?) Or are there marketing concerns at work? Should we care whether Kimball Kinnison or Teela Brown is Black, White or Hispanic?
Speaker(s):Tobias S. Buckell, William F. Wu, James Killus(M), Chris M. Barkley, Pat Cadigan