What’s gone wrong with diversity in the arts

Women writers of colour called out the tokenism they often strike when discussing diversity at the Emerging Writers' Festival.
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‘Coco, I was only joking my dear’ by Molly Rangiwai McHale from Courtney Sina Meredith’s Brown Girls in Bright Red Lipstick 

‘When someone calls me a diverse writer, I often ask how can I be diverse if I’m only one person?’ said Alison Whittaker during the Emerging Writers’ Festival’s panel, Diversity in Publishing.

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Madeleine Dore
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Madeleine Dore is a freelance writer and founder of Extraordinary Routines, an interview project exploring the intersection between creativity and imperfection. She is the previous Deputy Editor at ArtsHub. Follow her on Twitter at @RoutineCurator