Critics Blast James Patterson For Saying White Writers Are Struggling To Get Work

Bestselling creator James Patterson sparked controversy over the weekend when he claimed it was develop into more and more troublesome for white writers to get revealed.

Mary Altaffer by way of Related Press

James Patterson, an creator who holds the file for essentially the most books to prime The New York Instances’ bestsellers checklist, reportedly stated it’s develop into more and more troublesome for white writers to land gigs.

Patterson, who's white, talked about his considerations for white writers in an interview with British newspaper The Instances.

″[It’s] simply one other type of racism,” Patterson stated. “What’s that every one about? Are you able to get a job? Sure. Is it more durable? Sure. It’s even more durable for older writers. You don’t meet many 52-year-old white males.”

Various Twitter customers rolled their eyes on the comment, citing Patterson’s wealth, as an illustration. Patterson’s earnings have been round $80 million in 2020, Forbes famous.

Because of this the very best paid author on the planet is a black girl, proper? No? It is nonetheless James Patterson? https://t.co/o0NbWG0bBl

— James S.A. Corey (@JamesSACorey) June 13, 2022

james patterson, one of many richest authors on the planet, thinks its laborious for 52 yr outdated white males to succeed

as a result of, as everyone knows, outdated white males are so poorly represented as writers in movie, television, theatre, and publishing pic.twitter.com/V4FtUbeXZf

— Males Write Girls (@menwritewomen) June 13, 2022

James Patterson offered his personal rattling identify to a manufacturing unit of writers however needs to assert white guys like him are discriminated towards lmao pic.twitter.com/rkY3fSjhfo

— Omar Sakr (@OmarjSakr) June 13, 2022

James Patterson has a web value of over 700 million dollars in the meantime BIPOC in publishing are nonetheless struggling to pay their lease and dealing for nicely underneath a dwelling wage however please inform me once more how racism is hurting older white males within the trade

— Leah says WEAR A MASK (@byleahjohnson) June 13, 2022

And an excellent morning to James Patterson. Standing up for the older white man. If solely they received ALL the gigs somewhat than virtually ALL of the gigs.

These pesky writers of color and feminine writers taking on area. How dare they. pic.twitter.com/NICaZttBV2

— Sam Missingham (@samatlounge) June 13, 2022