"sensitivity readers"—editors who identify insensitivities or stereotypes in manuscripts—are becoming a lightning rod for the publishing industry
It's a profession which is increasingly under the spotlight as the culture wars rumble on: "sensitivity readers"—editors who identify insensitivities or stereotypes in manuscripts—are becoming a lightning rod for the publishing industry.
Such readers have worked in the wings of the Western literary world for years now, though they were largely confined to children's literature.