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Originally Posted by Pajamaman
I would disagree with that. Anyone who has had contact with the YA publishing industry will be aware for the ubiquitous calls from literary agents for #Ownvoices authors (where the voice is a minority voice). Judging by these very active calls, I can only assume that being a minority is an advantage to at least being considered for publication, at least in the YA arena.
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There's at least one prominent case of an author passing for a minority to get an award. He won but was outed later. It was in poetry, IIRC.
The problem in tradpub YA is the being an actual minority and/or diversity activist is no longer enough. The "community" will move the goal posts and find something else to go after them. Often enough the "offense" is an excuse to hide a pre-existing grudge.