Your toys aren’t being taken away, your mom just told you that you have to share them and now you don’t want them anymore because they have cooties on them.
I dunno man, you might actually have to try relating to a character that doesn’t look like you at some point. And you happen to be part of the one group that has really not in recent memory been called upon to do that. So you’ll excuse me if I don’t feel all that bad for you?
A very wise woman once said to me, on the topic of my books being made into television, “See your books? They’re right there. Those TV folks can’t change a word.”
All the changes in the present do nothing–NOTHING–to effect the past. All the classic stories, all the enormous volumes of material that is focused almost entirely on straight white men, it’s all still there. No one can change a word. So saying that we’d like a volume of material that focuses on the rest of humanity isn’t taking any toys away. It’s saying “no, sweetie, your siblings get some toys for a change, because it isn’t your birthday today.” We are not, cannot, and would not be taking your toys and throwing them out. We’re just not buying you new ones for a while.
Play with the enormous number you already have.
