What image are black men presenting in the community? Does hairstyle matter?
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LeRon L. Barton is a writer, photographer, and all-around artist. He started Mainline Publishing to produce works that will captivate and get people talking. After tons of rejections letters and crazy advice from his agent, he decided to take his destiny into his own hands and go Indie, and Mainline Publishing was born. The idea behind the company was to showcase works that maybe were considered too controversial for other houses to take on.
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Hello,
It is this month my first novel is publishing entitled Waiting for Regina, which gives attention to the theme of colorism without saying the actual word. I am thankful for this article which may help encourage open discussion about the subject.
Such conversation may aid people to weigh consciously what is our personal responsibility to one another as fellow residents on this sphere of humanity. Should a person be regarded less worthy than others for something he or she had no biological control of, the color of their skin?