Is it more likely for minority authors to be published than others?

Question

Especially the more elder ones writing their life experiences in the deep south from the depression to present day.

going by the first answer,then should i ask if the book were my life from the depression to present day motherless,poor,white,sharecroppers,genealogy,folk culture,history,little known southern facts,poetryone room school house to college of law,etc as opposed to poor black-my life in the deep south.

going by the first answer,then
should i ask if the book were my
life from the depression to present day motherless,poor,white,
sharecroppers,genealogy,folk culture,history,little known southern facts,poetry,one room school house to college of law, as opposed to- poor black-my life in the deep south.

yes Sally I know if a blind mountain climber writes a book about mountain climbing it would seem more intriguing than someone who coulod see,however it doesn't make for good sense.
Say your Father/Mother wrote a book about their life growing up in the rurals during the depression doesn't sound to interesting if its a white author however take a Black author for the same and suddenly its its a hit.
I do not understand this,and niether would your family if such a book they had written,my Father has.
I would like to see it published before he dies,but unless he can change races its unlikely. get my point to my query now Sally.

TARTU YES I WANT WRITING AND THE HUMANITIES TO BE DIVERSE.
I WAS NOT NOR ANY OF MY WHITE ANCESTORS WERE NOT SLAVE OWNERS NOR DID THEY LEAVE WRITINGS BEHIND WHICH INDICATED THEY HATED BASED ON RACE.
since they nor I hads anything to do with holding the black race back Why must I and mine suffer by not getting published?

Answer 1

it's not supposed to be

Answer 2

Minority authors may be perceived as being easier to publicise than ordinary people. For example, if a blind mountain climber writes a book, this might be considered a better bet than a similar book by an exisiting author.

Author Writes Book doesn't make interesting headlines.
Blind Mountaineer Writes Book does.

Publicity is a "gift" for getting books known and sold, and the second author will be much more interesting to reviewers and chat show hosts than the first.

Except in this kind of case, though, it doesn't matter who writes a book. Publishers are interested in books that they believe will sell well, and that's it.

Answer 3

Think of all the books that are considered the "Classics" and tell me how many of them were written by minorities of any sort. The fact is that most books written up to perhaps the last 75 years were all by white folk--white male folk (yes, there are exceptions). Now people want to here other voices and that means minorities. However, I would venture to guess that most minorities want their work judged on its merits, not on the ethnic group they belong to. The blind mountain climber is interesting because it's a twist on an old story, a view with different eyes, if you will. And isn't that what you want writing to be?

Answer 4

No, but if they do manage to get published, they have a better chance of getting Oprah to promote their book.