This is said to us, even as this counterfeit president has legalized the Confederate Flag in Mississippi.
Mark Twain's Roughing It is a book that many people don't know about, but I highly recommend to anybody at any age.
I tell my students you have an absolute right to write about people you know and love. You do. But the kicker is you have a responsibility to make the characters large enough that you will not have sinned against them.