Thread: Romance Writers of America implodes over handling of criticism of racism
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Old 01-15-2020, 03:07 PM   #180
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Originally Posted by ZodWallop View Post
I don't think so. Why shouldn't romances featuring predominantly black leads be mixed in with the rest of romance? I think they should. Readers that want to read them will find them without them needing to be hived off as suggested in #171

And nowadays, I think that is happening. I'm more familiar with sci-fi than romance and Children of Blood and Bone is shelved in with the rest of SF&F. Easy Rawlins isn't relegated to some special interest subsection of mystery.



I agree. I think we're on the same page here.
So:

Does this argument mean that Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, Hulu, etc., should not have their categories of LGBTQ? That's bad?


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