The Dark Fantastic Thomas Ebony Elizabeth
The Dark Fantastic Thomas Ebony Elizabeth Finalist, Creative Nonfiction IGNYTE Award, given by FIYACON for BIPOC+ in Speculative FictionFinalist, 2020 World Fantasy AwardsReveals the diversity crisis…
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The Dark Fantastic Thomas Ebony Elizabeth
Finalist, Creative Nonfiction IGNYTE Award, given by FIYACON for BIPOC+ in Speculative FictionFinalist, 2020 World Fantasy AwardsReveals the diversity crisis in children's and young adult media as not only a lack of representation, but a lack of imaginationStories provide portals into other worlds, both real and imagined. This problem lies not only with children's publishing, but also with the television and film executives tasked with adapting these stories into a visual world. The promise of escape draws people from all backgrounds to speculative fiction, but when people of color seek passageways into the fantastic, the doors are often barred.
When characters of color do appear, they are often marginalized or subjected to violence, reinforcing for audiences that not all lives matter.The Dark Fantastic is an engaging