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rpace.bsky.social • 298 days ago

So many school's have The Diary of Anne Frank as a part of their curriculum, so the people who read it can recognize a genocide when they see it. . .
. . .Unless they're blinded by their own racism and bigotry.

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kevinconner.bsky.social•297 days ago

I mean, this shouldn't be a surprise. The publishing industry is overtly against any sensitive topic.

Over and over again my rejection letters for John Rocket are:
"This is not marketable due to the content."

Content: 50% of the book is Red Scare, Race and Assault recovery in the 1950s.

kevinconner.bsky.social•297 days ago

Sorry I'm a little bitter about some of the rejection letters.

The ones which say : "Well it's not our genre" or "we didn't like it" are different. They don't bother me.

The ones which say "not marketable" piss me off.

But the point stands. The industry is pushing against anything sensitive.

kevinconner.bsky.social•297 days ago

The industry needs to feel push back. And in pushing back against the industry it will also push back against social norms. If the social norms are pushed to accept discussion of sensitive topics, because the industry publishes them, then we will see real change on all fronts.

kevinconner.bsky.social•297 days ago

I'm sorry I rambled off, I do stand by my point about the industry and social norms needing push back and merely used my book as a small example, I'm just a little groggy from programming all week.

I'll shut up now.

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