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principal investigator's avatar

Thank you for writing this!

In terms of solutions, I'd love for more early career publishing hopefuls to know about Inkluded Academy. The nonprofit and tuition-free summer course came out of a need to fix the pipeline problem into publishing jobs and launch the careers of young people from historically excluded backgrounds. Compared to courses like NYU's and Columbia's, Inkluded has seen a high placement rate in their cohorts for the past 5 years. It would be awesome for the org to get more support and visibility among those more established in the industry.

https://www.inkluded.org/

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Karla Parra's avatar

Thanks for speaking out on this. I'm a Mexican-American writer and recently chatted with a friend who complained that no agent wanted to take him on because he's a white man. "As a female Latina, you have it made," he said to me. It made me wonder if the industry might be reaching a tipping point where it does want to do better. At the same time, I sure hope that when my book is ready, someone takes an interest in the work itself, and doesn't just want to work with me because of my race and gender. Such a catch-22!

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