Is racism rising in fandom?

Annalee Newitz postedFantasy Writer N.K. Jemisin Explains the Rise of Racism in Fandomat io9. Jemisin quotes an old essay of Delany's in which he said the genre was less racist than the world at large, but when the genre's racial mix reflects the US, so will its racism.

What Jemisin misses is that the US is less racist. Gallup found that 4% of Americans approved of marriage between blacks and