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We don't discriminate- we treat work by Black writers no differently from work by white writers
If you don’t have a policy about actively acquiring a range of writing by Black writers; if you don’t have a method of checking what percentage of titles by Black authors are included in your fiction promotions; if you cannot say what percentage of face-on titles in your current display area are by Black writers; if you are not consulting Black readers you do discriminate.
We don’t actively set out to discriminate in the library – institutional racism occurs by omission; by leaving it off the agenda, by passivity and by silence. The important thing is to acknowledge this, and to act to make changes. There is no sense in blaming colleagues for what has, or hasn't been done. Take an opportunity to improve the library service.
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