Proof That Borders Do Shelve Books By Colour…
Monday, October 6, 2008Posted in: Karen on hols, Racism in romance
I’m pretty sure Brenda Jackson writes romance.
I believe this was the Borders store on Sand Lake road, in Orlando. I could be wrong though, seeing as I went to quite a few.
kirsten saell
October 9
4:10 am
But they’re not. As far as I know, white, hispanic, middle eastern, asian and aboriginal authors are all shelved by genre. It’s only AA and GLBT that get their own sections.
willaful
October 9
4:39 am
I actually just read a Brenda Jackson book and was rather bemused by the fact that except for the cover, and descriptions of “mocha colored skin,” it read exactly like every other ruthless tycoon/blackmailed bride category romance.
Seressia
October 9
7:02 pm
Which is an example of why the statement that readers “can’t relate” to AA romance totally boggles my mind.
Maybe it’s because I’m not inserting myself into the book. I started with sci-fi fantasy, (well, comics and Bar-bar the elephant actually) and I never put myself in the place of an elephant in a three-piece suit or Betty or Veronica or Underdog. By the time I found historical romances in my late teens, I’d already had a steady diet of other worlds and epic fantasies. Historical romances were just another form of fantasy, just with hotter guys.
Hhm, maybe my disconnect is because I “can’t relate” to romance heroines–that could be why I’m mostly reading paranormal now.
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