Survey of workforce at 34 book publishers and eight review journals in US reveals 79% of staff are white and 78% female – with UK numbers still unmonitoredMan Booker winner Marlon James: ‘Writers of colour pander to the white woman’A survey of American publishing has found that it is blindingly white and female,with 79% of staff white and 78% women.
Multicultural children’s publisher Lee & Low Books surveyed staff at 34 American publishers, including Penguin Random House and Hachette, and as well as eight review journals,to establish a baseline to degree diversity among publishing staff. They found that 79% were white. Of the the rest, Asians/Native Hawaiians/Pacific Islanders made up 7.2% of staff, and Hispanics/Latinos/Mexicans 5.5%,and black/African Americans 3.5%.
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Source: theguardian.com