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Why? Because I borderline find Candice repulsive. Of course that is true. However, the initial motivation behind question was to find out from others how I, the founder of this site, would be perceived if I married a white woman. Would i be condidered a sellout or hypocrite who forsaked Black women. Or just someone who married someone he loved and thought he'd be happy with.

From the independent book review publisher and bookseller side. Most indie authors aren't gonna bother with ARCs and I rarely see galleys from them. If you are trying to get prepublication publicity in the form of reviews in long lead publications who don't review "old" books. You print up galley usually these are edited though maybe not proofed. I don't think indie authors needs to incur the expense of galley's. The finished book in advance of the pub date is more than adequate. Now especially during the pandemic, egalleys are gaining traction. I much prefer phyical galleys to electronic ones.

You have a narrow and limited perspective on the history of racism and slavery. Your view is restricted to a short period here in the U.S. and your understanding is limited as a result. The fact that white people were enslaved both here and Europe for all of recorded history means nothing to you... I'm glad you grew in a nice community. Im sure my housing complex was larger than the entire neighborhood you are fondly reminiscent of. With your background @Pioneer1 why aren't you wearing a MAGA hat? Bring back the good old days when women knew their place and homos were in the closet right? My kids and I had it FAR better off. Than my parents and I. The average Black person is better off today (pandemic aside). However the wealth gap bewteen Black and white people is larger. Right that comes from within. Here is part if the abstract of the paper @Delano shared: "...Corporate slavery is proposed to encompass such practices as prison labor, sweatshops, and human trafficking and forced migrant labor, which will be discussed and evaluated from both legal and ethical perspectives. We also provide an overview of the potential remedies and change factors surrounding these questionable labor practices."

Of course slavery is about economics (wealth), what else was it about? They were victims of genocide, but the people living here did not claim "ownership" of the entirely of the Americas. That claim is hyperbolic. You are CLEARLY too young (or privileged) to remember the crime ridden, under served urban ghettos of the 70s and 80s in places like NYC, Newark, DC, Philly, ... to make that statement.

We don't allow links to Amazon @Falabaleem

I always believed the opposite was true ... doing something you hate will send you to an early grave. Perhaps the converse is true too. While I never spent much time stressing, doing things that I do not enjoy, I suspect my appearance is more a function of genetics.

This is the opinion I hold as well. Racism is a weapon of class warfare.

I'm a strong advocate for email, in addition to what @O.W. wrote no comoany has a monopoly on email and they can be read on virtually any device. Generally however is a cost with maintaining large mailing lists. O.W., That is unheard of -- unless your list is very small and the subscribers are new. I say that because the vast majority of others will not get 100% open rates -- let alone click through rates.

Wrong. Many of the indigenous peoole in the west today were marched there from their ancestral lands in East -- at least the one who survived the genocide. "Ungrateful," "wannabe euro[sic]-centric" who are you talking about?

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I'm sure most people, even white ones, would choose personal wealth over maintaining an antiquated system of white supremacy. I don't, for a microsecond, believe that the white homeless people I see in every city are actors or people taking one for the team, to maintain white supremacy. That is absurd on it's face. Is that what you are learning from Neely Fuller?

Really nice covers take professionals in my opinion. While I've known many book cover designers over the years. I don't have any on tap now that I can refer you too. As with any aspect of your book editing, typesetting, covervdedugn. It js best ti hire a pro. You can find talent on fivver, but it is hit or miss. I'm not impressed by the most recent cartoons, try other artists, or find out who the artists are on books you like and reach out to them. Covers help sell books. Don't cut corners.

Whoa, boy did this tread get derailed. Trump sent out $1,200 checks with him name on them. Obama penaltized us for not being insured. Don't sleep in 45 he ain't playing.

@Pioneer1 I not going to move through the world assuming every white person is a card carrying member of the KKK (whatever they call themselves today), because most are not. White women who cross the stree when they see a Black man are more stressed and less happy. These are the women who sic the police on us for every perceived slight. They are miserable. I will not live my life that way. If you walk around assuming the worse of people you will enjoy other people, indeed life, much less. I understand why you feel this way, for the same reason i understand why you feel you the need to be on defcon 4 in every encounter with white people, but i dont believe this to be true of most Black people either. In my entire life I've encountered very few peole like this -- of any color.

it is only an "excuse" if it stops you from trying -- which no one here is advocating.

And you know this! Add Intelligence, financial security, and the capacity to love as the most important requirements to me. Skin color is (or should be) incidental. Now what I'm expressing is my own apprehension at considering a woman on the pinker end of the skin color spectrum. Again this is, by definition, racist. I'll call it "demiracist," because I don't have the power to pass legislation to prevent all Black people from marrying white people, nor do I have the desire to do it, because that would be really racist, KKK racist -- which i am definitely not!

This software does not allow you to "like" the comments posted by guests, but i like FAS's comment. I'll add The Condition, Elevation, Emigration, and Destiny of the Colored People of the United States if anyone is still printing it. I've heard many people say power is the reason Black people can not be racist. I never brought into that concept. The power component just describes the degree that one may exert their racism, and this is usually a function of the number of people involved. A single, poor, racist Black man can go into a white church, shoot it up and kill everybody in it. He has the power to take lives. A racist piece of poor white trash did just that. His name is Dylan. It is hard for me to describe Candice as a sellout, because she strikes me as sincere -- misguided to be sure -- but saying what she truly believes. I do not find Candice particularly attractive or intelligent, because of the words that come out her mouth, but she is articulate as hell.

If you read the article you would not need me to explain.

I have not been to Powells. I plan to go there too.

We are in agreement on all points.

So earning, in wages, the median income makes one rich?

I know it is that is why I asked you to define what rich means and tell us if you are in deed rich. Since you did not answer in the affirmative I'll take that as a no. Which begs the next question, why are you not rich @daniellegfny? When you are actually rich please tell us then, what it takes to make it. How do you know you are "richer" than many? Since I don't know how you define rich, which metric(s) are you basing the statement? Forget income. Wage earners are not wealthy as they are paid at the whim of their employer. Rich people don't need a salary so their income could be zero. Did you know our country taxes income, but not wealth?

@daniellegfny, Libro, the company which I work with to sell audiobooks is bending over backwards to work with indie booksellers. The are the exact opposite of Amazon. Well I'm glad I can help spread the word.

@Delano Really? I would never have thought that of myself. I think we can be our worst critics sometimes. I appreciate you taking the time to share the kind words.