Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-14138255-20141031002615/@comment-25555436-20141213195907

^That would not work. There's something called Show, Don't Tell. That, the example you gave, is Tell, Don't Show.

What we want, and need, is to be shown the discrimination against them. They can tell us all the times they want about the discrimination they face, but until it's shown, we can't believe it. It's an important thing to have in mind when writing the story.

You can be told "There's an ice cream with a spider on the fridge" countless times, but unless you're stupid or trust too much that person, you won't believe it unless you see it.