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Originally Posted by hildea
I don't think anyone has suggested that the segregated shelving is the reason why so few authors of color have won the RITA. Rather, both these have the same root cause, ie. racism.
Note, I'm not suggesting that the people in charge of placing books in bookstores have consciously thought: "I don't like black people, so I'll put books by black authors in a separate shelf to make their books harder to find so they will sell less."
Rather, they have been thinking that these books aren't so interesting or relatable for most readers (read "white readers"), and that only people who are especially interested will want to read them. This will, of course, turn into a self-fulfilling prophecy.
Here's another thread about racism in publishing, from a few years ago: https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/9...?refreshed=yes : |
So, then, your perception of the "LBGTQ" categories for movies, on Amazon, Netflix, etc., is that Netflix, etc., employees are homophobic?
I am
not being argumentative. I'm
asking, because to me, these are
exactly the same thing. If you're saying that shelving at Borders is due to racism, how is this different than Netflix's categorization?
I do not see any logical,
real difference. And frankly, it makes discussions like this
incredibly frustrating, because every example that's "good" or bad or ignored or whatever seems to have
special circumstances around it--or quite simply, can't be explained as to why one is good, one is bad, other than reaching for things like "it's too far to walk."
ETA: Actually, never mind, I'm done. This discussion just can't go anywhere good from this point, unfortunately. Not blaming anyone here, but...I just see it devolving.
Hitch