We should value writers of colour for their talent not their trauma
The IndependentGet Nadine White's Race Report newsletter for a fresh perspective on the week's news Get our free newsletter from The Independent's Race Correspondent Get our free newsletter from The Independent's Race Correspondent SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. However, as a mixed-heritage twenty-something female writer of colour who grew up in Cardiff, it struck me recently that what I’m often really being asked is to “write what ‘my people’ know”. Personally, when people show interest in my stories, in “what I know”, I regularly get the feeling that I’ve let them down. I’m very proud to be part of a Literature Wales programme that fosters new writing talent called Representing Wales: Developing Writers of Colour. When you ask people of colour to “write what they know”, check first that you aren’t asking them to write a story that white people can’t.
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