I think you mean "the same way as a story that features racist tropes." I wish we had more stories that were actually about racism.
I'm not sure I get the distinction. A story that features racist tropes includes racism in it, and is thus "about" racism in some sense. Or maybe I shouldn't have said stories that were about incest and racism, but which featured incest and racism.
Whether we talk about the story as being racist or being about racism is ultimately, I think, a question of how the text functions in its sociohistorical context.
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Date: 2007-06-09 03:19 pm (UTC)I'm not sure I get the distinction. A story that features racist tropes includes racism in it, and is thus "about" racism in some sense. Or maybe I shouldn't have said stories that were about incest and racism, but which featured incest and racism.
Whether we talk about the story as being racist or being about racism is ultimately, I think, a question of how the text functions in its sociohistorical context.
Anyway, thank you!