Talk:Themes in Literature/Isolation and Community/Octavia E. Butler

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Octavia Butler is an African American woman who is the first black woman to write about science fiction, a genre usually ruled by white men. The National Women's History Museum states; Butler was born in California in the 1940s, to a single mother. She spent her life in segregation and watching her mother suffer to keep their family fed. Later on in life, Butler encountered a black classmate who says they wished they could kill their black ancestors. Butler, shocked at her classmate, decided to create one of her most known books, Kindred. Butler is moved to write this book because she can not believe that her classmate does not understand the sacrifices and the horror her community had to face during the time of slavery. Dr. X (discuss • contribs) 21:36, 16 December 2022 (UTC)