I notice there’s suddenly much less coverage out there about the unrest in the USA. Got to keep up the momentum because the system is predicated on the will of the people running low, on exhausting the anger and inertia created by it. Where I live is historically a very White part of Canada, and the protests here are reflective of that, but the BIPOC population is growing in both numbers and voice and things are changing in bits and pieces. It’s odd to be so sheltered from it all when my friends in NYC, Philadelphia, Chicago, and etc., do all the work. Here are some articles for context on how our industry is facing change (not ideally, it turns out). Regardless, change is coming. We just have to make sure it happens before the newscycle tries to move on. Let’s start with an article to remind everyone that racism isn’t just an American thing:
- In the middle of global calls for change, CBC drops “why we read” episode of Ideas in which all consulted “literary bright light” guests are white… Read the room, CBC… Just a reminder, Canada;
- Black lives and the power of poetry;
- BIPOC to publishing: we are not ok;
- To wit;
- A graphic history of the Black Panther movement;
- New Canadian Black feminist queer press Hush Harbour founded;
- Beacon Press sees boom with deep back catalog on race;
- YouTuber loses Target shelfspace over racism;
- The summer reads Black bookstores are recommending;
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