Research shows modern publishing is wildly racist against white males. Example: The New Yorker hasn’t published a single work of fiction by any white male born in 1984 or after, ever.

SS: White male writers have known this for a long time. Countless journals require submission/reading fees … which are waived for writers of color or women. Many stopped accepting submissions from white males at all, openly boasting about it. Even look at modern lists of things like “the best children’s books of the year” and you’ll see, no writers are more underrepresented than white males, and there are shocking few white male protagonists. It’s open racism and it’s been happening for decades.