David Bowles
Sep 17, 2023

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You read the words, but didn't understand. I clearly said that traditional [English-language] sci-fi projects INTO ITS IMAGINING OF THE FUTURE the invisibility / marginalization of Mexican and Mexican Americans in present (which is due to the overwhelming presence of whiteness as the default humanity in books and film created under existing capitalism, since publishers and producers assume that white folks are their primary customers).

I hope that's clearer for you ... THOUGH, since you say "nobody gets published unless their story is a good story"—a complete falsehood that implies that Mexican Americans aren't getting published because our work sucks—I don't hold out much hope for your getting past your own limited understanding of the world to grasp what I'm trying to put across.

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David Bowles
David Bowles

Written by David Bowles

A Mexican American author & translator from South Texas. Teaches literature & Nahuatl at UTRGV. President of the Texas Institute of Letters.

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