A Really Amazing Article About Race in SF/F

http://www.infinitematrix.net/faq/essays/noles.html

But I remember Dad saying, how come you never see anybody like that in the stories you like? And I remember answering, maybe they didn't have black people back then. He said there's always been black people. I said but black people can't be wizards and space people and they can't fight evil, so they can't be in the story. When he didn't say anything back I turned around. He was in full recline mode in his chair and he was very still, looking at me. He didn't say anything else.

A thought-provoking and, at times, sad read. Someone posted the link at Iris Network, and I was very struck by it.