Discover and read the best of Twitter Threads about #arabtwitter
Most recents (1)
A thread on being an Arab American writer: or... why Representation Matters... or How I could become a millionaire overnight.
#arabtwitter #representationmatters
1/
#arabtwitter #representationmatters
1/
The fact is there just aren't many opportunities to be published if you have an Arab name. Like other poc, we watch as white writers get huge contracts and advances to write books using our people/tragedies/stories as material.
White writers are seen as somehow "objective." 2/
White writers are seen as somehow "objective." 2/
However, there is one angle we have that the "objective white writer" does not... We have something the publishing industry wants: we can be the inside informer. We can authenticate the "single story" that is so entrenched.
3/
3/
