"Who are the Real Censors?" by Ishmael Reed for Counterpunch

"Both John A. Williams and Toni Morrison have commented about the trickle-down theory of minority tokenism. This is how it works. While there might be others who are just as talented or even endowed with more talent, an influential and powerful white critic nominates a black person in the arts, criticism or punditry as superior to all of the others and the choice is often accepted uncritically by whites and some black critics and academics. " Read more: http://www.counterpunch.org/2015/06/12/mother-hubbard-goes-to-china/