Hard to figure out exactly how likely that is, but we can come up with a rough guess. Some of these numbers are likely a bit off, but not a whole lot off. (Percentage of non-cis people may be higher than 0.6%, but it’s not likely 10%.)
Percentage of the world that’s white: 11.5%
that’s male: 51.9%
that’s straight: hard to confirm given the number of places where it’s illegal, but estimated at approx. 94.9%
that’s cis: harder to ID, but estimated at 99.4%
that’s allo: again, estimate only, 94.9%
that’s Christian: 31%
that’s neurotypical: estimated at 97%
that has no disabilities: 85%
Odds of someone having all those traits at once: 1.37%. It’s not entirely unrealistic that a person would be all of those things at once – I mean, he’s gotta be something, right? – but it sure does put into perspective how many characters are being shoved into this tiny, tiny niche.
[image: tweet by AmmoniteInk: “I dunno. Having a character whose white AND male AND straight AND cis AND allo AND Christian AND totally neurotypical AND not disabled at all, in any way, just seems kind of unrealistic to me. It’s just a lot to put on one character, you know?”]
—Min Jin Leeis the author of Pachinko, which was a finalist for the National Book Award. She has written for the New Yorker, and the New York Times, and has served as a columnist for The Chosun Ilbo, South Korea’s leading newspaper, for three seasons.
This month, we’re celebrating some of the incredible Asian/Pacific American authors who have helped shape the NaNoWriMo community—from NaNo Coaches to Camp Counselors, from Pep Talkers to participants!
“There are going to be times when you feel uninspired, when the very last thing you want to do is to sit down and write. Moments like these, I remind myself that sometimes the work itself can create excitement.”
—Kirstin Chen is the author of Bury What We Cannot Take and Soy Sauce for Beginners. She was the fall 2017 NTU-NAC National Writer in Residence in Singapore, and has received awards from the Steinbeck Fellows Program, Sewanee, Hedgebrook, and the Napa Valley Writers’ Conference. Born and raised in Singapore, she currently resides in San Francisco.
This month, we’re celebrating some of the incredible Asian/Pacific American authors who have helped shape the NaNoWriMo community—from NaNo Coaches to Camp Counselors, from Pep Talkers to participants!
May is Asian Pacific American Heritage Month in the US!
You can learn more about it on the official website, but the quick summary of it is: “Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders have a rich heritage thousands of years old and have both shaped the history of the United States and had their lives dramatically influenced by moments in its history.”
This month, we’d like to celebrate some of the incredible Asian/Pacific American authors who have helped shape the NaNoWriMo community—from NaNo Coaches to Camp Counselors, from Pep Talkers to participants! If you’d like to support these authors, buy a copy of their latest book (or check out the e-book from your library). Links to the authors’ websites below.
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