tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18399355.post6335154705171755469..comments2009-11-13T22:08:58.824-05:00Bernice L. McFaddenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09225126036805589903genevaholliday@gmail.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18399355.post-51755419792256893752009-11-13T22:08:58.824-05:002009-11-13T22:08:58.824-05:00Anon #2<br />McFadden said: &quot;As a writer, I applaud you and your novel. In this very tough fiction market, it does a heart good to know that unknown authors are being recognized.&quot; GREAT POST!<br /><br />It should be emphasized that only &quot;white unknown authors&quot; have chance to be recognized, not blacks. It&#39;s unequivocally clear that rich white people in government, and in big affluent corporations such as these giant literary publishing companies, never grew out the heart where racism lives. They still feel entitled to everything that exist on the planet and look down on blacks. In the Millenia Black&#39;s lawsuit with Penguin there was an opportunity for both white and black authors to show disdain for racial practices by picketing. I understand that Penguin paid her thousands of dollars less than whites for similar work, and that discovery in the case proved that they operated a racist internal procedure, to handle black authors negatively different from whites. <br /><br />It should never be forgotten that it was racist power by English whites that diminished native Indians so as to write a national constitution which promulgate slavery as a political agenda. And in the aftermath garner billions of dollars from slave labor. Subsequently blacks and their descendents were set free from slavery as papers and whites descendents inherited wide doors of opportunities to prosperity plus wealth gained from slave labor. Serious actions will have to be taken here before equal treatment is realized in America.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18399355.post-40926171715938173002009-11-13T20:25:16.110-05:002009-11-13T20:25:16.110-05:00Hey All - I had a very interesting convo w/a editor about this -- said editor claims that white folk are more comfortable reading books written by people that look like them.... huh??? I don&#39;t believe that - I think a REAL reader will read anything as long as its good - the color of the authors skin is of no consequence. *sigh*Bernice L. McFaddenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09225126036805589903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18399355.post-33957604245434665142009-11-13T14:35:18.733-05:002009-11-13T14:35:18.733-05:00Val, Even more specific, this book was marketing to AA audiences in addition to white audiences when publishers are extremely reluctant to do the reverse for books by black authors.Carleen Bricehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01433203126527081458noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18399355.post-72917332231495501062009-11-13T14:34:18.492-05:002009-11-13T14:34:18.492-05:00I was JUST thinking about this this morning. Will link to this on Tuesday (also posting a internet video homemade PSA on Tuesday I think you&#39;ll like).Carleen Bricehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01433203126527081458noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18399355.post-89832575418029097492009-11-13T13:37:30.982-05:002009-11-13T13:37:30.982-05:00Hi Bernice - happy Friday! <br /><br />Great post. Just linked to it from my blog, <a href="http://milleniablack.blogspot.com/2009/11/great-czech-pretender.html" rel="nofollow">here</a>.Millenia Blackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04946305818793386484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18399355.post-18093065637535495492009-11-06T13:50:11.118-05:002009-11-06T13:50:11.118-05:00Great post, Bernice! I totally agree with you. The Secret Life of Bees comes to mind. This book was marketed to the masses, not just AA. (Val Joyner)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com