Diverse Editions - well-intentioned I'm sure, but a pretty daft idea IMHO. Sticking a black character on a cover with no context of the content of an existing book makes about as much sense as putting a white guy on the cover of The Famished Road. We need more systemic support to encourage, recognise and facilitate diversity in literature and publishing; not easy token gestures like this that hold themselves up to ridicule...
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-51399355
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