Episode 129 - Ethnic and Religious Inclusivity

In this episode, the two Matts work on writing under extreme pressure (and I'm talking extreme), learn new ways to fall victim to door-to-door salesmen's tactics. talk about food for an excessive period of time, and talk about writing characters of different ethnic or religious labels in the next of our set about inclusivity? How can one avoid tokenism? What can you do to learn about people's cultures and backgrounds? How can you work it into stories from in the past or present? How will people react to Matt Donald's attempts at inclusivity in his upcoming book that he will have undoubtedly messed up? We discuss it all, with absolute experience in the matter as straight white men, and talk about The Help, Hidden Figures, and The Road to El Dorado. Have any feedback or questions for our hosts? Email us at [email protected]. Also you can purchase Matt Donald's book "Megazoic" on Amazon by clicking here, its sequel "Megazoic: The Primeval Power" by clicking here, its third installment "Megazoic: The Hunted Ones" by clicking here, or its final installment "Megazoic: An Era's End" by clicking here. If you'd like, of course. Also, the music at the beginning is the Jaws main theme by John Williams, but like I needed to tell you that. Also, here's our links for guides on writing these characters: The North American Mission Board has a chart for the different philosophies between Christianity and Islam for instance (linked in the description: https://www.namb.net/apologetics/resource/comparison-chart-islam-and-christianity/ ).  In this way, you can work from the religion you’re familiar with to grasp more of what the other one does to celebrate their faith.  This will stand in for several others of the same ilk, but on the compare/contrast for Hinduism and Buddhism, look here!  https://medium.com/interfaith-now/hinduism-and-buddhism-similarities-and-differences-in-belief-and-practice-324f7057a247  Ethnic groups probably have some op-eds all over the place particularly nowadays, so get the right idea in mind and go to town on a search engine!