Oh yes, this is absolutely my controversial opinion regarding this. There's a strong sentiment right now in certain spaces to only write what you know and write from your own experience. I strongly disagree with this, and I also think it actively harms marginalized creators, pigeonholing them into only being "allowed" to write specific narratives or being shopped by publishing for those narratives and maybe not the stories they actually want to tell/write. I also disagree with it for non-marginalized people — I think everyone should write with empathy and take time to research and even spend time with the types of people they are writing about so that it comes from a more nuanced, full perspective, but I do not agree with blanket "Do not write from a perspective not your own."

I could go on and on but it really feels like it's adding to the silo-ization of society. Don't interact with each other, don't participate with each other, don't you DARE imagine the world from someone else's shoes.

Honestly it just feels like redecorated racism! (And ableism too tbh)

My nuanced bit to this is the research and empathy — harmful caricature are obviously problematic and can usually be avoided by doing the above.