tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1475128319218423248.post364897359893099935..comments2023-08-10T06:32:38.601-04:00Comments on By Their Strange Fruit <a name="top"> </a>: Racial Equity in Christian Publishing: #IVPFall14 and Beyond (Part 2)BTSF:http://www.blogger.com/profile/02553697351488297764noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1475128319218423248.post-48973674908372871022014-06-02T09:56:57.772-04:002014-06-02T09:56:57.772-04:00This article was written with congregation diversi...This article was written with congregation diversity in mind, but it has a lot of relevance for publishing and hiring as well: http://unityinchristmagazine.com/ministry/featured-ministries/avoiding-the-open-door-policy-pitfall/BTSFbloghttp://bytheirstrangefruit.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1475128319218423248.post-33565031122858116162014-05-27T10:24:31.909-04:002014-05-27T10:24:31.909-04:00Thank you, sir! Telling indeed, for this to be the...Thank you, sir! Telling indeed, for this to be the state. <br />You're right inn that so much of it has to do with network, connection. Folks don't intentionally try to select only white males, but if these are the people they know, that's what ends up happening.BTSFbloghttp://bytheirstrangefruit.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1475128319218423248.post-8603642850009584472014-05-26T16:14:59.533-04:002014-05-26T16:14:59.533-04:00Katelin--this is really a fine series of posts. If...Katelin--this is really a fine series of posts. If this happens with IVP and they are indeed among the most conscientious, this is a sad tale. I recently did a review of one of their books on preaching--all Anglo males, which. I think, reflected the limits of the author's network, and in the case of gender, theological commitments.Bob Trubenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1475128319218423248.post-68003234437019580052014-05-26T13:44:18.411-04:002014-05-26T13:44:18.411-04:00These conversations about diversity in Christian p...These conversations about diversity in Christian publishing happen to come on the heels of the #WeNeedDiverseBooks campaign that sought to bring particular attention to disparities in Children's publishing. In her recent article for Diversity in YA, Malinda Lo found that "when considering the race of the main characters, among the 123 young adult bestsellers on the [Publishers Weekly] list...12 are about main characters of color. That adds up to 10% of the total." Similarly, the Cooperative Children's Book Center at the University of Wisconsin-Madison reports that of 3,200 children’s books published in 2013, 90 were by Asian Americans, 67 were by African-American authors, 48 were by Latinos, and 18 were by American Indian authors.BTSFbloghttp://bytheirstrangefruit.com/noreply@blogger.com