I could be wrong, but I think the purpose of the challenge is to get many fan writers to engage with non-white identity in texts.
As it stands, it's hard enough to get many of them to accept that the Japanese characters in Japanese settings (modern or ancient) are actually Japanese and not white. It would be even more difficult to get them to treat possibly Japanese characters in Non-Japanese, possibly European settings as non-white.
I do not think the challenge should yield results where some people can feel they're being sly by writing characters they've always thought of as white and submitting them. I also think it'd confuse the issue that dhobikikutti is trying to bring attention to.
I don't think it's a case of either or; either it's all non white characters by all non white creators, or only non-white characters. It's about bringing attention to non-white identity, in which case it makes perfect sense to exclude those works that are known to blur the issue for the majority that consumes them.
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As it stands, it's hard enough to get many of them to accept that the Japanese characters in Japanese settings (modern or ancient) are actually Japanese and not white. It would be even more difficult to get them to treat possibly Japanese characters in Non-Japanese, possibly European settings as non-white.
I do not think the challenge should yield results where some people can feel they're being sly by writing characters they've always thought of as white and submitting them. I also think it'd confuse the issue that
I don't think it's a case of either or; either it's all non white characters by all non white creators, or only non-white characters. It's about bringing attention to non-white identity, in which case it makes perfect sense to exclude those works that are known to blur the issue for the majority that consumes them.