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Originally Posted by Philippe D.
OK, I'll bite. I've remained out of this thread so far, but...
I have a hard time figuring out what the "African-American section" of a bookstore is even supposed to be.
Is it for books for African-Americans? by African-Americans? about African-Americans? and, to be honest - how can this even remotely be a reasonable way to organize a bookstore by?
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Yes. All of the above. Why not? And an LGBTQZLMNTOP section as well.
I'd hope they'd have put the books in both sections. An POC authored romance book should be in the Romance section, and in the special POC section.
Anything to cater to the customers. I could see having a "Women Authors" section in the Sci-Fi/Fantasy aisle. Why not highlight a few such books.
There is "Self Help" and then there is "explicitly Christian self help"....usually the Christian books are put together.
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Originally Posted by Philippe D.
Is there also a section for books by, or for, or about women?
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I think it would make sense to highlight a few such books in any of several general sections. I don't care if the author of my sci-fi book is a dude or not....but if I were a girl...perhaps I'd like to read a book written by a girl that was also Sci-fi.
But this debate isn't new. Are we honoring Black History Month....or are we limiting black history to just that month and not including blacks as appropriate in all history?
And can we sing Christmas carols in July?