Censorship or evolution? 'Sensitivity readers' divide publishing world

By Agence France-Presse

Mar 18, 2023 6:30 pm

WASHINGTON, D.C.: It's a profession that 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.

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