: Re: Writing diversity I am writing a military sci-fi novel about an international military force facing aliens. My cast is very diverse: the MC is Yemenite-Israeli, his love interest is German, his

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It may feel you're overdoing it.

I don't think you need to represent every facet of humanity in there, you have enough it seems already. Overdoing it may result in each character being underdeveloped, strained to the point that it could feel like you did it just to represent them. So far, you've got a pleasant roster of multicultural characters in your story.

An unpleasant character cannot represent an entire race.

I don't think it would appear racist. It may appear racist if he's just plain unpleasant for the sake of being unpleasant. Fleshing this unpleasant person out, showing us his background, motivations, etc. can alleviate any stereotype. 2D representations, to me, are what causes stereotyping but allowing this character to breathe and stretch out their personality allows us to rip out the tag of being this group and identify this character as his own.

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