8th+Grade+-+Golden+Age+-+Race+Relations




 * BHL3:

__Racism Among Writers__

The time period of The Golden Age of Science Fiction took place mainly in the 1930s-1950s. In this period, blacks versus whites were the huge matchup that took everyone’s focus. Racism could become present between writers since it is the main focus in this era over the span of the 20 years of The Golden Age of Science Fiction. In the game of writing science fiction novels, it was every man for themselves over this 20 year period. People like James Blish, Chad Oliver, and Jack Vance are all science fiction writers. They want to become the best so there is some pushing and shoving along the way. The reason I stated the almost fact that sciecnce fiction writing was an "every-man-for-themselves" type a game is because thats all it was. Have you noticed almost all of the writers work by themselves? Another reason is because this ideal writing so it comes from the mind. Every one doesnt have the same ideas so they would like to compare, or battle aganist others for the best. This and the communication among the writers leads to alot of things. As blacks and whites did in this period, writers were against other writers. Except there was no killing or any harsh content! So with thatin mind, sci-fi writers eighter put down or disaprooved of others writing. For example, in this time, whites thought blacks were’nt a bit of american because they were’nt born in America, so that made them different. Some writers werent full sci-fi writers or did not dedicate their lives to sci-fi writing. That made them different to other writers who were 100 percent science fiction writers. That was the issue. So with all of the chaos and "by myself" attitude, this is what made racism among writers strong. Lets not forget that this is over a span of 20 years (1930-1950) where racism among blacks and whites were strong. So that is an important role between these writers.**


 * A good example would be the relations of gender & science-fiction. Living proof is [|Octavia Butler].

(pictures: 'RACISM' and 'Octavia Butler')