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Do you think Joseph Boyden should write stories about the Indigenous people of Canada? Why or why not?

I think he should continue as long as it’s respectful to the Indigenous but he shouldn’t profit off them. It’s understandable to write about people you have no relation to as long as it isn’t derogatory.

Alex Strangelove is an LGBT movie written by a straight writer but he handled it with respect which you should do if you are writing from someone else’s point of view. Granted it was a movie thus gaining profit but that wasn’t his intention with this movie, it was to raise awareness and representation

To conclude, Joseph Boyden can continue to write about Indigenous people as long as it’s respectful and not fully for profit.