The first 9 minutes were excellent. His introduction was captivating. His constellation example of turning chaos into order was well explained. Then for some unknown reason he stopped talking about why stories matter and started talking about the race and gender of authors who lived 100+ years ago. I fail to see what the pigmentation of an author has to do with the value of their stories. In the first few minutes he talks about how stories allow us to experience life from another perspective. Then he turns around and seems offended that an Nigerian girl had to read stories by 'white men' and can't relate. It is nonsensical to his previous points. Then he points out that there are thousands of authors of varying races. So why complain about white men if someone can just read a book by a different author? Why say that there is value in experiencing stories about people who are different, then complain that minorities can read stories by successful white people? In the last 5 minutes of his talk he managed to refute and invalidate his previous points. As a final note to Tim, the race of the author has nothing to do with the value of the story they tell. No rational human has ever read an excellent book and then been offended by the immutable characteristics of the author. I pity you if that is how you choose to consume stories.
The first 9 minutes were excellent. His introduction was captivating. His constellation example of turning chaos into order was well explained. Then for some unknown reason he stopped talking about why stories matter and started talking about the race and gender of authors who lived 100+ years ago. I fail to see what the pigmentation of an author has to do with the value of their stories.
In the first few minutes he talks about how stories allow us to experience life from another perspective. Then he turns around and seems offended that an Nigerian girl had to read stories by 'white men' and can't relate. It is nonsensical to his previous points. Then he points out that there are thousands of authors of varying races. So why complain about white men if someone can just read a book by a different author? Why say that there is value in experiencing stories about people who are different, then complain that minorities can read stories by successful white people? In the last 5 minutes of his talk he managed to refute and invalidate his previous points. As a final note to Tim, the race of the author has nothing to do with the value of the story they tell. No rational human has ever read an excellent book and then been offended by the immutable characteristics of the author. I pity you if that is how you choose to consume stories.
Is someone in Hollywood telling women they can’t make their own movies?