![]() It would certainly be a travisty if Lackey was still cool.īut it's spiteful and ugly to expel and shame someone for not being cool. The whole point of rapidly changing language is to make sure that the old and out-of-touch can't keep up. She is older, and likely was confused by the changing lingo, and mixed up the "colored" of her youth with the "of color" that is the standard now. They are having further discussions as to what to do next, including possibly re-running the full panel without Lackey. They censured Lackey, kicked her out of the conference, and removed her from all the other panels she was scheduled for. She refered to him as "colored." The panel continued without incident.Īfterwards, SFWA removed the panel from the internet. The panel was "Romancing Sci-Fi & Fantasy." Lackey praised Samuel R. Yesterday, at the annual SFWA conference, Lackey was on a virtual panel. They have also succumed to woke capture, several years back. They host an annual conference, and at that conference also give out one of the most prestigous annual SF/F writing awards. They are the trade organization that represents authors interests in the publishing industry. SFWA is the Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers of America. ![]() Born in 1950, she's over 70 years old at the time of this publishing. She's of an older generation of writers as well. She's published over 140 novels, and might be one of the most prolific professional SF/F authors of all time. ![]() ![]() Mercedes Lackey is a grand dame of Fantasy fiction. ![]()
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