White Pen Name Generator Gives Authors Of Color Insta-Privilege

Would you pick up a new novel by a debut author named Yi-Fen Chou? What about Kathryn Sampson? Or Jack Malone? A new pen name generator from the Asian American Writers' Workshop slyly offers randomly created, white-coded names for writers of color to use to bolster their careers. The generator, which throws out names like "Brendt Stewart," "Taylor Nelson," and "Sir Patrick Parker," mocks the unwarranted leg up writers can get from as little as a name that "sounds" white. Check out a few of the...