![]() I really appreciate the steps the RWA board of directors have and are taking to eliminate the systemic biases that have excluded many authors of color. I hope my story is great, but I don’t want people to think I’m exceptional in the sense that there weren’t others writing stories that should have received this award by now. ![]() Not to mention other emerging authors of color who have gone unacknowledged by the RITAs. Black authors like Brenda Jackson, Beverly Jenkins, Rochelle Alers, Sandra Kitt, to name just a few, have been telling excellent stories for years. There are soooo many shoulders I’m standing on. ![]() This win kicks down a door that should have been flung open long ago. It’s also bittersweet in the sense that I know I should not have been the first. First of all, it’s so humbling and such an honor, of course. ![]() Kennedy Ryan: I don’t think I have fully absorbed it. ![]()
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