Black Issues Book Review

The Jan/Feb. issue of Black Issues Book Review has a wonderful roundup of blacks working publishing. And while it is great to see such a feature, you realize how few of us are in the industry. It shows that we still have alot of work to do in helping to diversify this VITAL cultural business.

The editors did a good job of including as many people as possible. There were some people that I didn't even know about. Here are some, many in the trenches that I saw missing (just putting first names to respect folks privacy):

Christine, Winfrida, Michelle, Chrisynthia, Crystal, Krishan, Lori, Adaobi, Althea, Ayesha, D. Kamili, Jill & Jocelyn, Patrick, Zanaib, Zenya.

I did notice that there weren't any marketing folks! Hmm then again, besides myself, I only know of two other Blacks working in a marketing capacity in trade publishing. Geez.