There is something in human beings that loves stories.
If it is good literature, the reader and the writer will connect. It's inevitable.
I love visual art. I painted for many years when I was younger. I have studied modern/contemporary Indian art a bit and am very impressed with the talent in India.
I think, we all learned that when we are afraid it's easy to want to blame, and the people we want to blame are the people who don't look like us.