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← A Black writer is needed to portray Black life truly, and white people from a Black standpoint

10 connected korrents · 9 moments from 5 Jul 1852 to 29 Oct 2026.

Everything filed under writing writing Everything filed under empathy empathy Everything filed under America America Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: A Black writer is needed to portray Black life truly, and white people from a Black standpoint A Black writer is needed to portray Blacklife truly, and white people from a Blackstandpoint AC Anna Julia Cooper — holds since c. 1892 — tap for who they are Same subject: For now, it is enough to affirm the equal humanity of the Black race — tap to centre the map on it For now, it is enough to affirm theequal humanity of the Black race Last stated 174 years ago 5 Jul 1852 FD Frederick Douglass — holds since 1852-07-05 — tap for who they are Same subject: The biggest reason to write and make art is that your work is someone else’s respite. — tap to centre the map on it The biggest reason to write and makeart is that your work is someoneelse’s respite. Last stated 10 months ago 16 Jan 2026 MK Mary Robinette Kowal — holds since 2026-01-16 — tap for who they are Same subject: 'Do not do to others what you would not want done to you' cannot be a universal law of morality — tap to centre the map on it 'Do not do to others what you wouldnot want done to you' cannot be auniversal law of morality IK Immanuel Kant — holds since c. 1785 — tap for who they are Same subject: A country that turns its experiences of desertion into competition instead of common cause produces avengers rather than answers. — tap to centre the map on it A country that turns its experiencesof desertion into competitioninstead of common cause producesavengers rather than answers. Last stated 5 days ago 29 Oct 2026 AG Anand Giridharadas — holds since 2026-10-29 — tap for who they are Same subject: A browser that answers with generated prose instead of links is not a web browser but an anti-web browser, and it hides that substitution from the person using it. — tap to centre the map on it A browser that answers withgenerated prose instead of links isnot a web browser but an anti-webbrowser, and it hides thatsubstitution from the person usingit. Last stated a year ago 22 Oct 2025 AD Anil Dash — holds since 2025-10-22 — tap for who they are Same subject: A certain kind of financial struggle often serves as a catalyst for writers to produce great works. — tap to centre the map on it A certain kind of financial struggleoften serves as a catalyst forwriters to produce great works. Last stated 2 years ago 24 Oct 2024 WY Waqas Younas — holds since 2024-10-24 — tap for who they are Same subject: A certain kind of self assurance seems to attract mass readership. — tap to centre the map on it A certain kind of self assuranceseems to attract mass readership. Last stated 3 weeks ago 13 Oct 2026 HF Henry Farrell — holds since 2026-10-13 — tap for who they are Same subject: AI is unlikely to end a working writer's career, barring a broader societal collapse. — tap to centre the map on it AI is unlikely to end a workingwriter's career, barring a broadersocietal collapse. Last stated a month ago 20 Sept 2026 JS John Scalzi — holds since 2026-09-20 — tap for who they are Same subject: AI writing tools can be used for editing help without letting them take over work that has personal meaning. — tap to centre the map on it AI writing tools can be used forediting help without letting themtake over work that has personalmeaning. Last stated 3 months ago 27 Jul 2026 AH Ann Handley — holds since 2026-07-27 — tap for who they are Same subject: AI-generated text allows authors to produce work much faster, which may lead to a shorter shelf life for most titles. — tap to centre the map on it AI-generated text allows authors toproduce work much faster, which maylead to a shorter shelf life formost titles. Last stated 5 months ago 16 Jun 2026 JS Jennifer Shahade — holds since 2026-06-16 — tap for who they are
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At the centre A Black writer is needed to portray Black life truly, and white people from a Black standpoint Last stated c. 1892 Holds Anna Julia Cooper Read this korrent →