Defining African-American Literature
I went into Waldebooks yesterday looking for something new to read. For the most part, I support African American authors (although I will buy "mainstream" if it looks interesting enough).
Why oh why did dang near half of the African American section remind me of Blaxploitation....it seems that all the covers had hand drawn pictures of half-naked women or pimp-looking men and all the titles have some reference to drugs or ghetto?
While I know there must be a market for these titles cause the store is stocking them deep BUT I can't help thinking what will happen to the other writers.....will their books disappear from the shelves in an effort to promote this new genre?
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