Why #IStandWithCourtney Was Trending and Everything Else You Need to Know

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If you’ve been off social media for the holidays you might have missed one of the biggest Romancelandia stories of the year.  Before we get into it, we want to state that we stand behind Courtney Milan, and everyone who is working tirelessly to make change and call out racism and bigotry. 

We are going to try our best to give links to tweets/articles that explain the whole messy situation.

On Dec. 24th author Alyssa Cole sent out a tweet thread about RWA’s decision to revoke Bestselling author Courtney Milan’s membership due to her calling out racist books and practices in romancelandia. You can read the thread in full here.

The complaints agains Courtney can be found here:

Courtney’s reponse to these allegations here: 

Romancelandia then rallied around Courtney Milan which got #IStandWithCourtney trending worldwide. People began to revoke their RWA memberships and demand an explanation, especially after the lack of diversity in the RITA’s last year.

RWA eventually reversed their decision pending legal opinion but offered no real explanations or apologies to Courtney.

Members began resigning from the RWA board in droves, including committee chair and past president HelenKay Dimon.

RWA president Carolyn Jewel has resigned and current president Damon Suede, has released this statement on behalf of RWA:

Since then a lot of stories about abuse of power within the RWA have surfaced all over Twitter and former board members are speaking out.  

This story is ongoing and every-changing. This is just a brief summary. If you would like to know more please visit these helpful thinks which go into more detail:

WTAF, RWA: Courtney Milan Banned, Suspended From RWA – Smart Bitches,  Trashy Books

Racism, Literary Criticism and a “Safe and Respectful Environment” and RWA Turmoil Continues – Laura Vivanco for Teach Me Tonight

N.K. Jemisin Thread related this to an incident at SFWA

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