Thread:MichaelDiaz101/@comment-31129923-20180729043058

Hey, I may have already mentioned this before but I've been working on a project on the GTA Fanon wiki regarding my interpretation of the political world in the said fictional universe. A majority of what I have planned isn't on the wiki itself yet because I've only recently put together some of the images I wanted to have assist in telling the story. I can get more into the plot and character details I have developed some other time if any of this really interests you. In fact, I feel as though I can take constructive criticism from you the best out of even people closer to me due in part to our conversations about fictional characters and real-life problems.

The reason I titled this message the way I did was because while creating the presidential election scenarios, I found myself stumped by a little problem. Despite having formulated how my fictional presidencies would mirror real-life ones, I realized all the characters who are potential Presidents I have in mind to succeed Joe Lawton are all Caucasian. Admittedly, I've run into this type of problem story-wise a few times before but this time my mind just kept coming back to it. This is also something I feel like many writers might unknowingly have a problem with: race of your cast and whether it will reflect if you make it diverse or not?

While I personally don't have a massive problem with it, it feels a little off (unrealistic?) not including a more accurate Obama stand-in in terms of age, rise, and different race from an uncertain point of view. On the other hand, I don’t want to just change this because of mental insecurity. Down the road, however, I was going to have a Hispanic politician nominated for Vice-President but how would that look without the existence of a President of a different race before them?

So this is what I want a second opinion on, up until posting this it's just been bouncing around in my head. While I am aware this is regarding fiction, I feel like I could use some outside advice from someone untroubled by the situation. 