Over at Lit Hub, Calvin Baker laments the segregated state of American literature in the 21st century—a result, he says, of literary institutions’ conformity to the status quo:

The status quo imagines itself humanist and enlightened, but is anchored by fear and conformity. An interlocking system of publishing conglomerates, universities and media that have been not only corporatized, but also customized in a manner that perpetuates not only racial conformity (read: segregation) but conformity throughout our intellectual and creative life.