The fish is the last to acknowledge the existence of water." - African Proverb

Disclaimer: This is not an attack on the authors of the books that will me mentioned here today, this is an attack on the system that has propelled said books into the literary and cinematic spotlights.

(Clearing throat)

"Until the Lions have their own historians, tales of the hunt will always glorify the hunter. - African Proverb

It is not that African-Americans do not have our own historians or writers; it is that these historians and writers are operating within a system where we are not r...