{"id":462576,"date":"2022-06-14T03:40:46","date_gmt":"2022-06-14T00:40:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/james-patterson-says-white-writers-arent-getting-work-due-to-racism\/"},"modified":"2022-06-14T03:40:46","modified_gmt":"2022-06-14T00:40:46","slug":"james-patterson-says-white-writers-arent-getting-work-due-to-racism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/james-patterson-says-white-writers-arent-getting-work-due-to-racism\/","title":{"rendered":"#James Patterson says white writers aren&#8217;t getting work due to &#8216;racism&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3ed7998f4b4\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3ed7998f4b4\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/james-patterson-says-white-writers-arent-getting-work-due-to-racism\/#%E2%80%9CJames_Patterson_says_white_writers_arent_getting_work_due_to_%E2%80%98racism%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;James Patterson says white writers aren&#8217;t getting work due to &#8216;racism&#8217;&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1>&#8220;James Patterson says white writers aren&#8217;t getting work due to &#8216;racism'&#8221;<\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Writers who look like James Patterson are having a tough go of it, the 75-year-old author has claimed.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thetimes.co.uk\/article\/james-patterson-white-male-writers-are-victims-of-racism-bzqj50fj3\">to the Sunday Times<\/a> this weekend, the crime novelist said that \u201cwhite older male writers\u201d aren\u2019t getting hired for \u201cwriting gigs in film, theatre, TV or publishing\u201d right now \u2014 claiming the phenomenon is \u201cjust another form of racism.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat\u2019s that all about? Can you get a job? Yes. Is it harder? Yes. It\u2019s even harder for older writers. You don\u2019t meet many 52-year-old white males,\u201d he insisted.<\/p>\n<p>Patterson has sold more than 450 million books across 20 or so titles during his nearly 30-year career \u2014 most notably, the neo-noir book <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/watch-movies-tv-seriess\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"8\" title=\"Watch Movies &amp; TV Series\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">series<\/a> following Detective Alex Cross, later played by actor Morgan Freeman in 1997\u2019s \u201cKiss the Girls\u201d and its 2001 sequel, \u201cAlong Came a Spider.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/james-patterson-white-older-men-racism-03.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"James Patterson\" class=\"wp-image-22644789\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/james-patterson-white-older-men-racism-03.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/james-patterson-white-older-men-racism-03.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/james-patterson-white-older-men-racism-03.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>The 75-year-old novelist\u2019s first autobiography, \u201cJames Patterson\u201d by James Patterson, hit bookstores on June 6, 2022.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">FilmMagic<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Book sales, film adaptations and his many other business ventures have earned him an estimated $677 million (\u00a3558 million), the <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/femail\/article-10908853\/Novelist-James-Patterson-claims-white-writers-victims-racism.html\">Daily Mail reported<\/a> on Monday. <\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the prolific writer\u2019s first autobiography, \u201cJames Patterson by James Patterson: The Stories of My Life,\u201d hit bookstores just last week.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis book is about \u2014 I don\u2019t know \u2014 the values we had, the importance of love. The importance of family. Things like that,\u201d he shrugged. <\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignright\">\n    <\/aside>\n<p>Patterson, who grew up in Newburgh, north of New York City, said he was \u201cdriven\u201d to succeed in life, thanks to his Irish Catholic upbringing. \u201cI really believed that my parents wouldn\u2019t love me as much if I wasn\u2019t successful,\u201d he confessed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t think I am the same person now,\u201d the \u201cAlex Cross\u201d series creator added. \u201cI do believe that I\u2019m lovable. I think I\u2019m a decent person.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Speaking of lovable: Patterson <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2022\/03\/dolly-parton-run-rose-run-movie-1234983179\/\">will produce<\/a> the upcoming film \u201cRun Rose Run,\u201d based on the book he wrote with literary newcomer \u2014 and now star of the cinematic adaptation \u2014 Dolly Parton. The thriller inspired by Nashville\u2019s music industry debuted at the No. 1 spot on the New York Times bestseller list in March. The country music queen and Reese Witherspoon are signed on to produce.\n                        <\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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Speaking to the Sunday Times this weekend, the crime novelist said that \u201cwhite older male writers\u201d aren\u2019t getting hired for \u201cwriting gigs in film, theatre, TV&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":462577,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/james-patterson-white-older-men-racism-03.jpg?quality=75&strip=all&w=1024","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[70897],"tags":[130276,17209,109419,4937,10080],"class_list":["post-462576","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-6-13-22","tag-books","tag-james-patterson","tag-racism","tag-writers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/462576","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=462576"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/462576\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/462577"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=462576"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=462576"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=462576"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}