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Nalo Hopkinson had a very comprehensive post on how creating diversity in anthologies needs to go beyond words and into thoughtful actions. The whole thing is worth a read (and applicable to more than anthologies - whether youre a publication editor, a community organizer, producer for a podcast or variety show, or putting together a convention panel), but this is the take away for me: Its not enough to simply open the door. Why? Because after centuries of exclusion and telling us were not good enough, an unlocked door is doing jack shit to let us know that anythings changed. Most of us will continue to step around it and keep walking, thank you very much. Also worth reading as a follow up is Nora Jemisins piece, approaching the topic from the viewpoint of minority writers and how many of us evaluate projects to be involved in. nkjemisin/2015/01/to-anthology-editors-a-corollary/
Posted on: Sat, 10 Jan 2015 02:18:29 +0000

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