Cord Jefferson was just on CBS Morning talking about his new film American Fiction. In it, a Black writer has his latest novel rejected because, according to his editor, it’s not Black enough. So he writes another, full of all the worst Black stereotypes, and not only does his editor love it, but it becomes a bestseller.
The CBS Morning hosts discussed with the director the movie’s themes of racism, and stereotyping, but none of them mentioned what I see as one of its most important critiques: the pernicious greed of American publishing.
But then I would.
