I started noticing this over 20 years ago, but found myself personally attacked whenever I tried to discuss it. I've had many people weirdly racialize this with whites suggesting it's atypical of a Black person to be engaged in reading non-fiction science and engineering and attacked by other Black people for reading science fiction, fantasy, mythology, and history that isn't explicitly Afrocentric.

54% of Americans read a book this year | YouGov
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https://today.yougov.com/entertainment/articles/48239-54-percent-of-americans-read-a-book-this-year