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Well I suppose we should be happy about that- having unrealistic expectations of an industry can be deadly, and it's better to lose them before you get into it.
It's just crazy that a system that is based purely on nepotism and who-you-know can continue to thrive in this climate. And NO ONE TALKS ABOUT IT. At least in other industries you have an idea going in that it will be difficult as a woman and as a minority, but this one seems innocent of that from the outside. Some companies (AOL Time Warner I am looking at you) are worse than others (Random House actually had one whole black person working there and I wanted to hug her, lol) but the system as a whole is deeply flawed.
I just wish black authors would dos omething about it. I mean, does Sista Soulja know that the agency that represents her work does not have ONE SINLGE BLACK EMPLOYEE? I know because I interviewed there and I talked the receptionist at the company next door.
How does she reconcile that with her message? I feel like in that system THEY are the only ones who have leverage because THEIR work is making money.
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It may be said with rough accuracy that there are three stages in the life of a strong people. First, it is a small power, and fights small powers. Then it is a great power, and fights great powers. Then it is a great power, and fights small powers, but pretends that they are great powers, in order to rekindle the ashes of its ancient emotion and vanity.-- G.K. Chesterton
Last edited by lovelyivy84; 06-30-2003 at 02:26 PM.
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