90% of traditional publishing is white and Black books might make up 1% at best — and you chose to complain about THAT. We need to drop the respectability politics we adopted to survive, because it just doesn't work. #EricaPleasePodcast #BlackBookTok #RespectabilityPolitics

From 'Black books are the hood' to 'A24 Blacks' — it's one conversation: respectability politics and the myth that being palatable enough will save us. It doesn't matter how much distance you create. You're still Black. #EricaPleasePodcast #RespectabilityPolitics #A24Blacks