When I see a collection like this, I never know if I should be glad that a potentially underrepresented group of writers is getting recognized or disappointed that we are remaining segregated. A big part of me wants everyone to be in the same anthologies based on merit and popularity rather than on color. If we do want to showcase certain segments of writers, why not base it on geographic region rather than color? Many of these are Caribbean or Asian, so there's certainly room for that.

The collection opens with an enthusiastic intro by Levar Burton. He does a good job of getting me thinking why we do need a collection like this but then he ends with a dig to President Trump. Why make this political? Burton's comment pertains more to Star Trek than to this book, anyway. What if we had a collection of stories stated to be by white writers only that began with a dig to President Obama? Take the high road, please!

Moving onto the contents, the first story is so enjoyable that I looked up the author to see what else he has written. Imagine my surprise to see that he is white! Now I'm really beginning to doubt the collection. Despite its apparent good intentions, it is getting bogged down with internal issues.

The other stories are of various quality. My preference is to science fiction over fantasy, but that's just me. The book has a mix of both. Some are interesting or enjoyable; others don't work for me. Some are outright racist, which really gets me back to "why segregate by color?"" I think they probably meant well but didn't realize their own prejudices still needed some work. Are we supposed to get along or not?