Welcome, welcome. Been a while, welcome.
I've been noticing lately that a large majority of characters are described as having "golden-brown" skin tones.
Does this bother anyone else? Because it seems to me like the author doesn't want an actual person of color in their books, but when readers ask about it, they can go, "Well, this person is golden-brown, so."
The thing is, this can apply to a POC or someone who is white with a tan. So if you've got a bunch of "golden-brown" people running around and are notorious for your lack of including representation (*cough* Sarah J. Maas), I'm going to assume that your lazy descriptors are just for that purpose.
I'm not saying this applies to everyone because it doesn't; I'm mainly talking to Sarah J. Maas since everyone except the Archeron sisters and Amren have golden-brown complexions. Literally everyone. And those four I mentioned are pale.
Writers: Maybe next time you're considering making a character golden-brown, establish said character's race or else I'm going to assume you're lazy af.
You don't have to always do this, but if you've got thirty golden-brown people, maybe GIVE SOME OF THEM ACTUAL DARK DESCRIPTORS RATHER THAN JUST LEAVING IT AT "GOLDEN," WHICH LEADS ME TO ASSUME THAT THEY'RE ALL PROBABLY WHITE, BUT YOU DIDN'T WANT TO OFFEND ANYONE. JEEZ.
I feel like this made no sense at all so I'm just gonna leave.
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