Salon has compiled a list of some of our favorite cookbooks by Black authors to get you started. As writer Roxanne Gay said of #BlackoutBestsellerList, "Buying books by black authors does matter in encouraging publishers to publish more books by black authors." We're starting to see some institutional pushback, like with "Thug Kitchen," a vegan platform run by two white founders, finally changing their problematic name, or the current controversy at "Bon Appetit," after it was revealed that their writers of color weren't paid for their video contributions.īut there's still a long way to go for equity in the food publishing industry, and purchasing existing cookbooks and culinary memoirs by Black authors does make a difference. In addition to buying fiction, nonfiction and poetry by Black writers, think about diversifying the voices that are included on your cookbook and food memoir shelf.įood media is an industry notoriously dominated by white chefs and writers.
The campaign, which was started by Amistad publishing, an imprint of Harper Collins, is a social media initiative that encourages readers to buy books by Black authors to push them to the top of the bestsellers list.
Over the last week, the hashtag #BlackoutBestsellerList has been circulating widely.
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