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To: St. Martins Press
Speak up St. Martins Press!
An employee within the marketing department of Wednesday Books, an imprint of St Martins Press, which is an imprint of Macmillan, made several concerning statements including using an Islamophobic stereotype (specifically a harmful overgeneralization regarding Muslim beliefs about queerness), racism towards Palestinians, and sharing Prager “university” material that perpetuated harmful misinformation. We are concerned that, based on these posts, this employee may hold prejudice against Muslim, Arab, and Palestinian influencers and authors who they work with and interact with. We are asking that the publisher work with us to ensure the safety of the people who work with this employee to market further St. Martins Press titles, so that no prejudice is weaponized against anyone.
We are only asking for three things:
1. Address and denounce the Islamophobic and racist remarks from their employee.
2. Offer tangible steps for how they are going to mitigate the harm this employee caused.
3. Address how, moving forward, they will support and protect their Muslim, Arab, and Palestinian influencers, authors and readers, in addition to supporting their BIPOC influencers, authors, and readers.
Why is this important?
We are concerned that, based on posts made by a Wednesday books employee who works directly with influencers and authors, that this employee may hold prejudice against Muslim, Arab, and Palestinian influencers and authors who they work with and interact with. We are asking that the publisher work with us to ensure the safety of the people who work with this employee to market further St. Martins Press titles, so that no prejudice is weaponized against anyone within these affected groups.