The ecumenical approach is an attempt at benign inclusion. The reasoning goes as follows: Barbados is in the Americas, this author is of African descent, ergo she is an African American. That’s nice, but we all know that’s not what the term means and that’s not what we call ourselves.
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Read MoreMars Isn’t EasyYour stories are yours to tell. It doesn’t matter if you’re not yet an accomplished writer. In the beginning it doesn’t even matter if you haven’t yet been able to complete anything. Nobody else can tell your stories. If you want them to be told, it’s up to you to find a way to do so, and to develop the best technique you can in order to tell them well.
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Read MoreWords for Thought #12There’s been a long running conversation in the games industry, along with their audience, on the need for better diversity and inclusion. The problem seems to be getting beyond doing the most basic things to improve the diversity of characters and the level of inclusion in games. This is true for both video games and tabletop, the latter seeming to lag behind video games in their work to diversify.
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Read MoreWords for Thought #11Books Worth Your Time is a new quarterly feature where the Apex Magazine editorial team discuss some of the good stuff they’ve read recently. We hope you find something good to read, too!
Read MoreBooks Worth Your TimeReviews of stories portraying tension between the self and the other, suspicion, distrust, but also healing and hope.
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