Hi my reader friends, writers are not tasked nor responsible with promoting racial identity. Nor, with seducing an audience by means of championing a cultural personality. I’m not your best friend, just because I share your ethnic group. Writers earn distinction apart from their work, if their work lives. I’m not teaching people how to behave through my scripts. I do not seek to be part of a racial group that advertises its cultural identity – especially, as I was not raised to adopt any singular ethnic culture. I will not produce work that is to be classified according to racial identity… “put up on the shelf” in a particular classification (especially not with one that has so little to do with who I am and how I live as a free person). When others judge me according to skin color, even if that be, as “one of their own” (through hearsay) I reject them. So, is the darkness in my skin Latino? Or is it Italian? Is the whiteness in my skin German? Or Hungarian? It doesn’t matter to you. What matters to anyone experiencing my work, is what I write. The rest is my business, and not theirs/yours. That’s my preamble to the next paragraphs:

Writers, must separate themselves from their racial attachments; and, endeavor to write material that is relevant to the common threads and themes of people at large. Be colorless, serious writers. That includes writing about legitimate threats to society that should matter not only to you alone – not writing for the purpose of racial status promoting. Race does not define my content. Nor does race define which persons work well together in any collaboration. And, while I do argue that companies function better when there is less racial disparity among its workforce (generally), that doesn’t come without different perils too  – because often times people “just suck”, regardless of their race. And, with good-willed leadership, keenly aware of talent vs. skin color, the organization will be able to produce truthful work. Sadly, too often it is, that when a person sees a face – the talent becomes secondary. But, it’s the talent and insight in a writer, that produces good product. Those who imitate other writers, sabotage the success. Which is why, merit and experience matters to the outcome of art and production. And, leaders who can recognize talent will wisely care less about personality and race when they fear less the competition of ideas in the marketplace. Diversity of voices enter the market, when leaders focus less on racial agenda. I do understand, there are perfectly valid artists who bank on their cultural flair. I call to mind muralists who express their culture in museums, in books and elsewhere. Some of them make very good livings. They may know nothing else (as far as where their creativity come from), except by their culture. And they travel the globe, getting big financial rewards. I certainly don’t have that type of talent; and, I don’t claim them to lack talent either. But, it’s a talent of a different kind. They have every right to be that kind of expressionist and to exhibit their work when sponsored. I am not that type of artist however. Writers of scripts in America, have to present to a diverse culture something that accomplishes an objective, yes. But, the race of the writer should be totally irrelevant in factoring in what gets made.

Writing is a gift to mankind, for entertainment value, provocation, contemplation, guidance, teaching. It’s not meant to be a road-map example for others, for them to conform to such message; or be pressured to become who they are not meant to become. Racial propaganda is a serious devaluation of artistic message, that is trying to foster promotion (of and for) often-times flawed and even failed cultures. Furthermore, what the writer does with his own private family, is not a statement to society. It’s private life (his or hers). Every thing that I do, is not a political statement or advocacy. And what I write, is not a training manual or expectation that I have of society. So hire according to racial quota if you must, but if the work sucks – don’t make it.

Written messages can be prophetic, oriented to a specific audience, religious, political in nature…. but above all, should not be ‘cheap’ by cheer-leading for one’s own race. All written works of fiction or non fiction, are arguably inextricable from history and racial bias. There’s a difference between slight peppering and lathering on the butter. And, this makes much material interesting to judge and experience from a viewer perspective. That is a true contention. However, the written work is not the writer. There is an out-dated misconception that writers seek fame. No, writers seek a way to make a living; and most often, we aim to remain as private as possible. Written material that lasts into the future and our memory with distinction, will not be simply be about promoting a racial culture. It will be driven by diversity of message which has nothing to do with promotion of race.