C. Keith Ray on Nostr: "No, y’all. Just no. You can read the bankruptcy filing here if you’re ...
"No, y’all. Just no.
You can read the bankruptcy filing here if you’re interested.
If you’re new, or weren’t part of romance at that time, and you’re wondering why the attempt to blame DEI, which is utter horseshit, here’s a very brief recap. On December 23, 2019, RWA suspended Courtney Milan after an ethics complaint.
Shit went very, very sideways after that. Board members resigned, including every single board member of color. Then the president, Carolyn Jewel, resigned, followed by full-time staff members, and finally president Damon Suede resigned as well.
I wrote about some of the ongoing problems with RWA, and then in February, after doing a four-part podcast series about what had happened, I resigned from RWA.
Along with apparently MANY MANY thousands of other people per their own bankruptcy filing who ALSO left the organization.
But sure, blame the one person of color. Sure. It wasn’t the visible racism, and alienation of membership by hamfisted leadership.…"
https://smartbitchestrashybooks.com/2024/05/rwa-has-filed-for-bankruptcy-and-youll-never-guess-why/
You can read the bankruptcy filing here if you’re interested.
If you’re new, or weren’t part of romance at that time, and you’re wondering why the attempt to blame DEI, which is utter horseshit, here’s a very brief recap. On December 23, 2019, RWA suspended Courtney Milan after an ethics complaint.
Shit went very, very sideways after that. Board members resigned, including every single board member of color. Then the president, Carolyn Jewel, resigned, followed by full-time staff members, and finally president Damon Suede resigned as well.
I wrote about some of the ongoing problems with RWA, and then in February, after doing a four-part podcast series about what had happened, I resigned from RWA.
Along with apparently MANY MANY thousands of other people per their own bankruptcy filing who ALSO left the organization.
But sure, blame the one person of color. Sure. It wasn’t the visible racism, and alienation of membership by hamfisted leadership.…"
https://smartbitchestrashybooks.com/2024/05/rwa-has-filed-for-bankruptcy-and-youll-never-guess-why/