I resurfaced the evergreen topic about Black books & marketing in trad publishing (& the lack thereof).
My challenge to viewers was to name 5 BLACK books that have gone viral on TikTok in the last yr. No one could.
In the last 24hrs, here are some comments:
I’m thrilled to announce the long-awaited arrival of my latest (though not greatest, but still pretty great) bundle of joy…my very first book baby…weighing in at 15.3 ounces…Welcome to the world THE LAST RHEE WITCH! 🥳
#TheLastRheeWitch#bookbirthday#pubday#2024debuts
I just received final copies of A DROP OF VENOM and they are stunning!
Manisha and Noni as beguiling as ever on the front; our slayer of monsters on the back, the metallic spine, the intricate map, the chapter and scene break serpents...
I am so in love.
🌟🌟 the reviews have begun to come in for #ADropOfVenom by @SajniPatelBooks , and it's a star from Kirkus and another one from Publishers Weekly! I can't wait for you all to meet Manisha and Pratyush in January 🐍🐍🐍
I'm thrilled to be working with @laancham on two delightfully weird, charming, funny picture books!! 🥳 I've been a fan of Laan's for a while now, and now we get to be co-conspirators on these amazing books 😈✨💛
✨ OMG-I-can’t-believe-DEAL ANNOUNCEMENT!! ✨
I am so EXCITED (so excited) to be working with the AMAZING @ck__collins@DisneyBooks !! With countless thanks to my wonderfully supportive agent @Jemiscoe (have I ever mentioned how grateful I am for you?)
Asdfghbffthh!! 🤯
✨ OMG-I-can’t-believe-DEAL ANNOUNCEMENT!! ✨
I am so EXCITED (so excited) to be working with the AMAZING @ck__collins@DisneyBooks !! With countless thanks to my wonderfully supportive agent @Jemiscoe (have I ever mentioned how grateful I am for you?)
Asdfghbffthh!! 🤯
The NYPD has spent $740 million dollars in overtime this year.
We have the largest police budget in the nation. The total cost of the NYPD is actually over $11 billion dollars annually.
This is what they are doing with our money.
The biggest beneficiaries of affirmative action over the past 60 years have been white women. That remains unchanged.
*Currently* most elite schools give a bump to white men, whose grades and scores are now consistency outpaced by women. They'll still get affirmative action too.
Affirmative action created Asian Americans as model minorities, enabled the modicum of “success” that AsAm communities possess today. It is frankly pathetic to watch the complete ignorance, historical amnesia, & opportunism that has made AsAm’s the face of the end of AA.