• Flying Squid@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    Considering we’re talking about the era of the belief in Drapetomania, I’d say a slave revolt followed by an attempt by black people to take over Cuba would be considered sci-fi by a lot of readers.

    Edit: Also, sci-fi wasn’t really a thing in 1862.

    • TSG_Asmodeus (he, him)@lemmy.world
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      2 months ago

      No sci-fi wasn’t an official thing, yet the title of this is ‘were developing the Afro-Futurism/Black Sci-Fi genre…’

      I’d say a fictional story about slaves successfully rebelling and taking over a country, narrated by a scientist, who does science things, counts.

      It is ridiculous how much hair-splitting is done when it’s Black culture, and I’m quite embarrassed by the attempt to claim entire wikipedia sections are ‘wrong’ like this.

      (Not saying you’re saying that, I understand we’re on the same page.)