{"id":3479,"date":"2019-04-05T13:19:13","date_gmt":"2019-04-05T17:19:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ceceliadowdy.com\/blog\/?p=3479"},"modified":"2019-04-05T13:19:13","modified_gmt":"2019-04-05T17:19:13","slug":"racism-in-romance-novels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/ceceliadowdy.com\/blog\/2019\/04\/racism-in-romance-novels\/","title":{"rendered":"Racism In Romance Novels"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Folks within the romance novel community have been talking about the RWA (Romance Writers of America) Rita Awards. A Black person has never won this prestigious romance award. A friend of mine shared this article<\/a><\/strong> with me. It’s a very informative article that gives a rundown of the history of African-Americans within the romance genre. I do recall some of the events in this article. Some of these events occurred before I joined the writing community.<\/p>\n

One reason why I use silhouettes on the covers of all of my indie-pubbed romance titles is because I want ALL RACES to read my romance stories. I believe that most romance readers can relate to the stories that I’ve created.<\/strong><\/p>\n

I’ve blogged about similar topics here (see links at the end of this post):<\/p>\n

Yes, I realize it’s a LONG LIST, but, I’ve been blogging (sporadically) for over thirteen years! The subject of race often comes up in the fiction publishing world, and it’s a subject which needs to be discussed!<\/strong><\/p>\n

http:\/\/ceceliadowdy.com\/blog\/2013\/08\/african-american-novels-by-white-authors.html<\/p>\n

http:\/\/ceceliadowdy.com\/blog\/2013\/02\/posts.html<\/p>\n

http:\/\/ceceliadowdy.com\/blog\/2010\/01\/bloomsbury-publishing.html<\/p>\n

http:\/\/ceceliadowdy.com\/blog\/2009\/12\/should-publishers-get-rid-of-african.html<\/p>\n

This was a post to which I referred in one of my blog posts – its’ hilarious!<\/p>\n

http:\/\/crimesistahs.blogspot.com\/2008\/12\/welcome-to-black-book-section-enjoy.html<\/p>\n

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http:\/\/ceceliadowdy.com\/blog\/2008\/11\/should-black-books-be-segregated.html<\/p>\n

http:\/\/ceceliadowdy.com\/blog\/2007\/02\/shelving-black-books.html<\/p>\n

http:\/\/ceceliadowdy.com\/blog\/2007\/02\/black-authors.html<\/p>\n

http:\/\/ceceliadowdy.com\/blog\/2012\/03\/love-inspired-novels-with-african.html<\/p>\n

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