YA and race and something you probably don't know about me

Guess what? I'm 1/4 Filipina.  Bet you didn't know that. Bet you assume most YA authors are white. Don't feel bad–you're probably right.  People don't talk about it much, but YA is pretty darn white. I don't have any real statistics for you, but I bet if you did a survey of a random sampling of YA novels, the vast majority (like in the 90th percentile) would have white main characters and white authors. And even though I'm technically not 100% white, yes, I'm guilty–I write white characters t...