Interview: Charlton Cussans

[Gary Oswald]

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[Hendryk]

Alternate History still has a reputation for imperial apologism. What do you think can be done by the community to improve on that score and avoid perpetuating harmful fiction?

Listen to indigenous people and people of colour, recognise that you can't do gentle imperialism in any way or form, and recognise that whilst Empires make fascinating subjects for writing they were terrible for their subjects. Try not to ride in the baggage train of conquerors.

Great advice right here. One of the things I really appreciate about the SLP community is that we're mindful of this kind of issue and look for ways to address it.

 

[Charles EP M.]

I love the statement of being respectful to these real people "unless they were an arsehole"

 

[RyanF]

A very good point raised about how things such as climate change might have been mitigated compared to OTL in a world where many committed, concerned, and driven people did not have to focus their efforts on ensuring the rights of a basic liberal democracy for a majority of their country until the mid-90s.

 

[SenatorChickpea]

Excellent interview, and the stuff on the fungibility of whiteness is great.

 

[Doctor Sulemain]

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Thank you for this Gary, it was my pleasure.