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If the Romance Writers of America can implode over racism, no group is safe

  • Written by Christine Larson, Assistant Professor of Journalism, University of Colorado Boulder
While 97% of Romance Writers of America members are women, only 14% are people of color.Photo by Bill O'Leary/The Washington Post via Getty Images

Over the past month, Romance Writers of America, one of the country’s largest writing associations, with over 9,000 members, has erupted in a race-related scandal.

The controversy began when...

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