When reading a book do you automatically assume the characters are white?

[John Mayer]

Unless you're told otherwise of course..

 

[tater]

It depends on the setting and the mood. A lot of things go into "carving" characters when I'm reading.

 

[letti cook]

i always make the characters black in my head, regardless

recasting A Song of Ice and Fire was a muthafukka

 

[no.]

it depends where the book is set and how they're described tbh

 

[Trajan]

It depends on the setting right?

E.g a story set in Africa wouldn't lead to an assumption of a white character.

Unless you mean American settings only. But even then certain things will lead you towards one assumption rather than another.

 

[mortuus est]

wtf, it depends on the book