Whenever I read a book with Black people in it, the point of them always seems to be Black, or it’s a novel about slavery or oppression, and that’s important, it really is, but I would like to see myself represented in the pages of a book and for there to be joy, rather than ISSUES. Or I would like to read books that feel true and real but are not about Black people suffering. I want to be offered books the way you would offer a white woman books, assuming you don’t feel the need to reflect them.
