Friday, March 26, 2010

Book Love is Color Blind!

Over the past seven months some of ya'll out there may have been sitting back reading my posts about "Seg-Book-Gation" and maybe shaking your heads and twirling your index fingers near your temples while declaring: "That Bernice McFadden has gone and lost her ever-loving mind."

True -- at times my posts may have seemed a bit "rant-ish" in nature - but sometimes you have to scream like a stark, raving lunatic, in order to get your point across.

And guess what? It's working!

For the most part, people don't even realize that they're NOT reading diversely...until its pointed out to them.

The most recent evidence of this comes from the blog: She Started It

"At book club last night, we discussed The Help (which I loved) as well as a blog post by Bernice McFadden, a best-selling African-American author. Here’s her take on The Help:.."

Read the entire entry here

I am so happy that readers are starting to realize, that Book Love is Color Blind!

Happy Friday Ya'll!




  • Bernice L. McFadden
  • 1 comments:

    Jevon Oakman Bolden said...

    Very thoughtful post as well as the link you gave to "Oh What a Tangled Web We Weave." I follow you on Twitter. Being a book publishing professional of color, I often see these kinds of disparities and wonder...

    I am still putting my thoughts together on this, but I thank you for articulating yours.

    Much love!

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