"Why should we care about people of color?"

[yeloson]

Someone once asked me that when I was talking about the roleplaying community and how it's insular ways contributed to a diminishing network, plus general wackness. You know, aside from that whole point of treating people like people is the human thing to do?

In less than a week, a startup publishing house focused on people of color, LGBT, and disabled fiction raised over $5000 in donations.

Clearly there is a market. These are people investing in the potential for books- they don't know if the stories will be good or not, they're willing to put down hard money to even get that chance.

Why should you care about people of color? Because they're people.

But if you can't do that, maybe you should because they spend money.

ETA Update: March 14th: $7000 and counting.

Comments

[valsadie.livejournal.com]

Do you know what the number one bestselling book is this week--according to the chart compiled by USA TODAY anyway, which has been made up of little else but those Stephenie Meyer "Twilight" books for weeks and weeks?

Steve Harvey's self-help book, Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man: What Men Really Think About Love, Relationships, Intimacy and Commitment (Amistad, $23.99)! It beat the "Twilight" books and the "Watchmen" graphic novel!

Harvey moves 'Like a Lady' to best-seller status

[yeloson.livejournal.com]

Wow, Steve Harvey? It's good to see comedians -not- self destruct.

[windup.livejournal.com]

Thanks for posting that link. I'm going to make a donation.

[nextian.livejournal.com]

It's always totally baffling to me to hear people refer to huge sections of their purchasing blocks as "special interests." No, the "special interest" is the interest you choose to cater to to the exclusion of all else and against your own best interest.