If Diversity Is So Wonderful And Important Why Do We Have Black Universities? (Alabama, military)
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Scarlet, the reason the poster said that is because often times when you go into a book store books written by black authors will be in the African-American section, separate from whatever genre they are in.
For example, a friend of mine wanted Steve Harvey's last book for Christmas. I went to Wal-mart SuperCenter and I couldn't find the book in the relationships section. I went and got the clerk who found it for me in the African-American literature section. I've also seen this at Waldon Books & BAM; not too sure about Barnes & Noble.
You first looked where the book should have been. This implies you think it was in the wrong place - categorized by the author's skin color. That is, unless you make a habit of knowingly looking in the wrong places first.
Are there 2 natalayjones?
I'm referring to the natalayjones who defended expos organized by author skin color rather than by genre. Ironic, no?
Your logic is inconsistent.
In that instance, the problem is with the way Wal-Mart (yuck!) categorized the book, not with the existence of an African American interest section in a "real" book store. In my experience, Barnes and Nobles et al have designated sections for Women's Studies, Hispanic Studies, Native American Studies, Asian Studies as well as African American Studies. Books that are specifically written about a specific culture/ethnic experience has absolutely nothing to do with a relationship or self help book with just happens to be written by a Latina or a Black man.
In that instance, the problem is with the way Wal-Mart (yuck!) categorized the book, not with the existence of an African American interest section in a "real" book store. In my experience, Barnes and Nobles et al have designated sections for Women's Studies, Hispanic Studies, Native American Studies, Asian Studies as well as African American Studies. Books that are specifically written about a specific culture/ethnic experience has absolutely nothing to do with a relationship or self help book with just happens to be written by a Latina or a Black man.
I agree with this, but there are plenty of people who would disagree with you.
They would say that a Black author writing about relationships is about a specific culture/ethnic experience. I know both black and white people who would say this. Many on this forum would say it too.
Coming from a mixed family myself, I know that relationship experiences are the same regardless of skin color, but some people would never accept that.
Scarlet, the reason the poster said that is because often times when you go into a book store books written by black authors will be in the African-American section, separate from whatever genre they are in.
For example, a friend of mine wanted Steve Harvey's last book for Christmas. I went to Wal-mart SuperCenter and I couldn't find the book in the relationships section. I went and got the clerk who found it for me in the African-American literature section. I've also seen this at Waldon Books & BAM; not too sure about Barnes & Noble.
You first looked where the book should have been. This implies you think it was in the wrong place - categorized by the author's skin color. That is, unless you make a habit of knowingly looking in the wrong places first.
Are there 2 natalayjones?
I'm referring to the natalayjones who defended expos organized by author skin color rather than by genre. Ironic, no?
Your logic is inconsistent.
What are you talking about? I looked for the book in the relationships section as it was a book about relationships; how can you read that and assume that I looked in the wrong place first? I expected fiction books to be in the fiction section; self help books to be in the self help section; finance books to be in the finance section, regardless of the race of the person who wrote them.
As for your expos comment; I said I have no problem with an expo that features authors of a certain race, sex or religion. It would be a niche expo. I recently went to a Southern Cooking expo; same difference. Many times with specific expos you get people that are less known, someone you may have never heard of. There's an Native American art exhibition coming up in August and I'm going to that too. However, none of that has to do with my comment about the bookstore.
Last edited by nat_at772; 06-08-2011 at 06:15 PM..
How about a WET channel - White Entertainment Television.
That would be the day.
Tell me, what would the purpose be of WET? To address a lack of white representation on existing TV networks? To remedy the lack of shows with predominantly or nearly all-white casts?
We don't. We have Historically Black Colleges and Universities. Which basically means that at one point in history black people weren't permitted to go to school elsewhere and therefore started their own. However, students of all races attend school there so they are just "Black schools" in name only.
Oh but the more pressing question is if diversity is so wonderful why do bookstores have African American literature sections?
Why is that books with "white" characters are called "books for a mainstream audience" and books with "black" characters are considered "books for black audiences."
The same thing happens with movies. Apparently "white people" cannot "relate" to movies with a mostly black cast. But Black people are supposed to connect with white characters. (This doesn't apply to all white people, but many.)
This can't stop until people realize they can relate and appreciate topics feature other groups as primary characters and/or topics.
This thread just show ignorance. Anyone can attend these schools. They were black, when they needed to be in order to give African American students a school to attend.
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