Why We Must Celebrate Black Authors
Last year during award season, celebrated author Stephen King tweeted “...I would never consider diversity in matters of art. Only quality. It seems to me that to do otherwise would be wrong.” He continued, “those judging creative excellence should be blind to questions of race, gender or sexual orientation.” King’s comment was and still is an epic failure. He misses two important facts. One is that diversity matters and it especially matters because racialized identities are
