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This is a case of the majority that is in power, doing whatever they can to stay in power and make sure things don't change for those in power. To that end they will do whatever is neccessary, including getting rid of anyone that dares to rock their precious boat.
From what I gather, a trade organization is not a corporation so traditional rules do not apply that would to a corporation.
One of their members who is a minority, who just happened to be on one of their many committees pointed out some ethnic stereo typing in an old book, which happened to be reissued in 2014 that she as a minority found offensive on social media.
I believe she is allowed to do this, since the rules that apply to corporations don't apply. The decent thing for the other author to do would have been to say Ok I'll take another look at it and see what I can do. Instead it escalates from there into a big mess with poor judgement being used on all sides.
But none of this negates the fact that the RWA has a long standing history of exclusion of minority writers in their committees, in books receiving recognition, etc. This is the important fact that is being ignored and should be addressed and rectified.
The ones in power aren't interested in addressing it, so as is the case in most instances, if you can bring it to the public's attention, and get non associated people to voice their opinions, things just might change!
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