[HPFGU-OTChatter] assumptions of race

[Amber]

--- Scott <insanus_scottus at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
> So my question is what do we assume when race isn't given? The race 
> of the author? Our own race? It's not always a clear cut question.

I have the same answer that Michela Ecks wrote: I automatically assume
my race if there's no indication otherwise. I know that I rarely know
the race of the author, unless they have a picture on the book
somewhere and I happen to look at it.

However, this changes with setting. If I'm reading a book set in China,
Japan, Africa, etc, I assume the characters are of the same race as
those countries. Names are also a clue (like Cho Chang). 

But if the setting is in an undefined place, and the name isn't
anything specific, then I assume my race. 

~Amber


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