The mod-team is split on this. There are a lot of examples out there of POC illustrators being used by the industry to "authenticize" white-POV supremacist or colonialist dreck. On the other hand, there are also examples of POC illustrators doing cool and interesting things with white-authored texts. Similarly, there are author/illustrator "partnerships" where there is no power sharing to speak of; there are other author/illustrator partnerships where the illustrator is an equal collaborator.
Because the mod-team is split, we're going to fall back to the question we usually use when we get into the edge-cases of "what/who counts": why do you wish to count a particular book? Is it because you're wanting to promote the work of POC illustrators? Are you interested in discovering what POC illustrators bring to the books they work on? Or are you wishing to count a particular book because it is, for whatever reason, an "easy" book to count?
Basically, do you feel like you're fulfilling the spirit of the challenge, or do you feel like you're cheating a little?
How's that for not a lot of guidance? ;-)
BTW, we're going to be updating the FAQ soon to change how we tag white co-authors, editors, and illustrators. We'll announce it when we do, but keep an eye open for it.
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Date: 2009-03-30 04:09 pm (UTC)The mod-team is split on this. There are a lot of examples out there of POC illustrators being used by the industry to "authenticize" white-POV supremacist or colonialist dreck. On the other hand, there are also examples of POC illustrators doing cool and interesting things with white-authored texts. Similarly, there are author/illustrator "partnerships" where there is no power sharing to speak of; there are other author/illustrator partnerships where the illustrator is an equal collaborator.
Because the mod-team is split, we're going to fall back to the question we usually use when we get into the edge-cases of "what/who counts": why do you wish to count a particular book? Is it because you're wanting to promote the work of POC illustrators? Are you interested in discovering what POC illustrators bring to the books they work on? Or are you wishing to count a particular book because it is, for whatever reason, an "easy" book to count?
Basically, do you feel like you're fulfilling the spirit of the challenge, or do you feel like you're cheating a little?
How's that for not a lot of guidance? ;-)
BTW, we're going to be updating the FAQ soon to change how we tag white co-authors, editors, and illustrators. We'll announce it when we do, but keep an eye open for it.