--- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, "Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > What Happen to the Great > African American Author? > by LaShelle Turner > <http://www.thesop.org/html/writers.php?writer=turner> Posted October > 12, 2007
<SNIP!> > The publishing industry is sending a message to African American > readers. Black Americans do read, but only at a superficial level. > Substance and great writing talent does not sell; well at least in our > communities. Actually, I think its the same syndrome as the Black Movie industry. Movies like Soul Plane get multi-million dollar promotion while movies like Why Did I Get Married don't. To paraphrase Marshall McCluan(sp?) - the media don't tell us that to think, but they *do* tell us what to think about.
