“Most literary agents are middle class white men who won’t understand what you’ve written unless it’s a slave narrative or someone 'from the streets.'”

— Derek Owusu

They have a moment where they’re like, 'Well, where do I fit in?'…

On the lack of diversity in UK’s publishing world in “'SAFE' Depicts Black British Masculinity in All Its Glory” https://www.vice.com/en_uk/article/bjqywa/safe-depicts-black-british-masculinity-in-all-its-glory in Vice (2019 Mar 1)

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