I am Vivian Schiller with the outfit institute. Glad you could be with us today. The New York Times bestseller list can be a mirror of the National Psyche and this reflects a nation going through an awakening on matters of race. Books on matters of race and racism fill fiction and nonfiction. Thats the good news. Sadly the Publishing Industry does not always reflect that reality. The recent twitter protest amy, the pay disparity in the industry between black and nonblack others. There are a few people of color who serve as publishing several literary agents and even fewer who operate at a decisionmaking level and for those who are published, the market exposure can be so awesome. At this year of National Reckoning on racism, we look at the book Publishing Industry and whether it can bring more racial diversity to the field. This is part of our changing the narrative series, issues of race through the media and one program on the news media and another program about the entertainment in
Welcome. My name is Vivian Schiller and the executive director of aspen digital of the Aspen Institute program really glad you could be with us today. The York Times Bestseller list can often seem to be a near untimely or of the national psyche. As such this year seems to reflect a nation going through and awaking of matters of race. Books written by people of color and about matters of race and racism have filled those lists. Both fiction and nonfiction prayed that is the good news. Sadly, the Publishing Industry does not necessarily always reflect that reality. The recent twitter protest has back publishing paid and exposed a major pay disparity in the industry between black and nonblack authors. There are few people of color who serve as publishing staff or literary agents. And even fewer who operate as decisionmaking levels. And for those who are published, sometimes the marketing exposure coming sub optimal. This year, of National Reckoning on racism, we can take a look at the boo
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