SouthernN'Proud
Southern Discomfort
Penguin books says it didn't even think about considering race when
selecting which books from its catalogue to re-release as Pocket
Penguin editions, but the U.K.'s Observer and some black writers are
are insisting that the company should have.
Tony Lacey, one of two Penguin bosses responsible for drawing up the
list of 70 titles to be published in honor of the company's 70th
birthday, was clearly more interested in literature than racial
demagoguery.
"We didn't want to make it entirely about the classics and we did want
to make sure we had at least two poetry titles," Lacey said. "The fact
that race did not come up is either a good sign or a sign of our
blindness, I suppose."
Activists say the list reflects monumental, nauseating ignorance on
Penguin's part.
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I think it was a good sign. But hey, whadda I know about literature and its inherent intertwined correlation with race?
selecting which books from its catalogue to re-release as Pocket
Penguin editions, but the U.K.'s Observer and some black writers are
are insisting that the company should have.
Tony Lacey, one of two Penguin bosses responsible for drawing up the
list of 70 titles to be published in honor of the company's 70th
birthday, was clearly more interested in literature than racial
demagoguery.
"We didn't want to make it entirely about the classics and we did want
to make sure we had at least two poetry titles," Lacey said. "The fact
that race did not come up is either a good sign or a sign of our
blindness, I suppose."
Activists say the list reflects monumental, nauseating ignorance on
Penguin's part.
**end**
I think it was a good sign. But hey, whadda I know about literature and its inherent intertwined correlation with race?
