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From: Deborah Menkart <dmenkart_at_teachingforchange.org>
Date: Tue, 04 Mar 2014 00:33:53 -0500
"The list of black writers and illustrators discovered and nurtured by white publishers then and now is very very very long...."
I don't have a lot of time to write a long response. But I must say I am floored by the use of the term "discovered." From all I have known and heard from writers of color for many decades, none were "discovered" by white publishers, just as no nations what we now call the Americas were "discovered" by Europeans. Instead, it took organized movements to demand and ensure that writers and illustrators of color -- who were already known and recognized in their communities -- could get publishing contracts -- and it took the establishment of independent presses and bookstores. It is not a coincidence that this happened during the time of the modern Civil Rights Movement.
Date: Tue, 04 Mar 2014 00:33:53 -0500
"The list of black writers and illustrators discovered and nurtured by white publishers then and now is very very very long...."
I don't have a lot of time to write a long response. But I must say I am floored by the use of the term "discovered." From all I have known and heard from writers of color for many decades, none were "discovered" by white publishers, just as no nations what we now call the Americas were "discovered" by Europeans. Instead, it took organized movements to demand and ensure that writers and illustrators of color -- who were already known and recognized in their communities -- could get publishing contracts -- and it took the establishment of independent presses and bookstores. It is not a coincidence that this happened during the time of the modern Civil Rights Movement.
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