Uh, no, it's an aspect of character development used as a valid tool of storytelling and context if done effectively. Choosing not to indicate race in a story isn't wrong or bad, it's simply a narrative choice. Saying that you're not using race as some act of color-blind social progress is pretty disingenuous and…

I'm glad that Larry Correia and Toni Weisskopf are on the ballot, Vox Day should win just to piss off Scalzi