Black"literature" isn't doing black folks any favor.

[Leggo]

Don't know if this counts for anything(since the authors here are white), but it seems like covers tend to get white-washed a lot even when the character is explicitly described as being black...Examples.

^ Described as dark skin and nappy, had to go through different covers before the author had to take the middle ground and settle for the mixed girl.

^ Set in Africa.

Set in Africa, described with dark skin.

^ Black chick.

 

[4fossa]

Don't know if this counts for anything(since the authors here are white), but it seems like covers tend to get white-washed a lot even when the character is explicitly described as being black...Examples.

^ Described as dark skin and nappy, had to go through different covers before the author had to take the middle ground and settle for the mixed girl.

^ Set in Africa.

Set in Africa, described with dark skin.

^ Black chick.

shyt is fcked up. real example of how the media is white.

 

[ORDER_66]

Don't know if this counts for anything(since the authors here are white), but it seems like covers tend to get white-washed a lot even when the character is explicitly described as being black...Examples.

^ Described as dark skin and nappy, had to go through different covers before the author had to take the middle ground and settle for the mixed girl.

^ Set in Africa.

Set in Africa, described with dark skin.

^ Black chick.

Yep they Media and the publishers will alter the covers to gain attention whether its from white reading public or make an image appealing to buyers... It's called pandering to demographics...

 

[Bawon Samedi]

Yep they Media and the publishers will alter the covers to gain attention whether its from white reading public or make an image appealing to buyers... It's called pandering to demographics...

Or smart marketing strategy imo...

I'll elaborate if someone wants me to.

 

[Clem]

I meant Louis L'amour when I put Elmore Leonard but w/e.

 

[marcuz]

shyt is fcked up. real example of how the media is white.

it's not just that, it's because the unspoken rule that most whites are racist. if they see a cover w/a black woman on it, no matter how good the book is, they'll ignore it.

 

[Mr. Pink]

the GAME OF THRONES books are the dumbest thing in the world

 

[STEVE]

george RR martin is a terrible writer please post ANY passage he has ever written and i will tell you why i don't like it.

 

[dontreadthis]

george RR martin is a terrible writer please post ANY passage he has ever written and i will tell you why i don't like it.

well you sound very open minded about this whole thing so I totally see why someone should post one.

 

[NobodyReally]

This is a great blog about breaking outside of the box for black authors.

http://sumikosaulson.com/2013/02/12/20-black-women-in-horror-writing/

 

[☑︎#VoteDemocrat]

it's not just that, it's because the unspoken rule that most whites are racist. if they see a cover w/a black woman on it, no matter how good the book is, they'll ignore it.

Took me a LONG time to accept this.

 

[Milk N Cookies]

it's not just that, it's because the unspoken rule that most whites are racist. if they see a cover w/a black woman on it, no matter how good the book is, they'll ignore it.

The reason they made a black character white in movie adaptation of Zane's Addicted it was the way to draw in a broad audience... Smh

 

[NobodyReally]

The reason they made a black character white in movie adaptation of Zane's Addicted it was the way to draw in a broad audience... Smh

Wow.

 

[Milk N Cookies]

Wow.

Yep. I was rather pissed, & the crazier part was my mom broke it down to me when I told her about the movie (she's a Tasha Smith fan) and I was mind bown when she told me.

 

[Box Cutta]

Don't know if this counts for anything(since the authors here are white), but it seems like covers tend to get white-washed a lot even when the character is explicitly described as being black...Examples.

^ Described as dark skin and nappy, had to go through different covers before the author had to take the middle ground and settle for the mixed girl.

^ Set in Africa.

Set in Africa, described with dark skin.

^ Black chick.

Disgusting.

But it's what we get if we leave it to white publishers....