enter Cynical Matt...foss4usJune 8 2005, 00:55:33 UTC
Another symptom of our "label everybody" society. Everyone needs to belong to a category. It keeps people from broadening their horizons too much, by making them feel uncomfortable when they step into territory reserved for a category they don't belong to.
I've never liked the whole African-American lit section, mainly because I don't like the idea of labeling anyway. It just seems to divide society more.
The sad thing is that African-American lit is underappreciated by non-African-Americans and I don't think that sticking it in it's own section helps promote for the reasons you stated above (White people feel strange going in there). But I don't really know how else to do it. Special tables during black history month are a good start, but more needs to be done throughout the year. It's way too complicated question.
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Funny how observing the points upon which society needs to improve itself tend to be called "cynicism." :-p
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And this would make a FABULOUS column, if you wanted it to be.
Jason, who has, sadly, never shopped in the African-American Lit section
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Dooo iiit.
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The sad thing is that African-American lit is underappreciated by non-African-Americans and I don't think that sticking it in it's own section helps promote for the reasons you stated above (White people feel strange going in there). But I don't really know how else to do it. Special tables during black history month are a good start, but more needs to be done throughout the year. It's way too complicated question.
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