Economics publishing is a mess. Add in the marginalization of Black scholars (and the strategic attempts to block Black scholars from publishing) and that explains a large part of the profession’s terrible race research in the “Top 5” journals. I have no top 5 publications.
https://twitter.com/Samuel__Cohn/status/1399744894827220999
As @ProfKori has noted, to publish as a Black economist in the top 5 requires the approval of an all all-white group of reviewers. But these scholars have shown who they are and what they value given their bias against Black scholarship. So, I forge ahead in the Black tradition.
I have a personal and professional history which gives me the strength to know who and what my research is for. It is not for the mainstream of the White-supremacist oriented economics profession. It acknowledges the humanity of Black people and respects them. That is my work.
Why would I seek approval from white economists who don’t know Black history, Black economic thought, or Black culture? It’s beneath me. So I continue to do the work which honors my ancestors and their history. The profession is on one and can remain so. I don’t care.
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