This conversation first appeared in Scratch magazine’s Q4 2014 issue. Read more Scratch about the business of being a writer here . In the publishing industry, most of the gatekeepers come from a place of race and class privilege. How does this skewed power dynamic affect the careers of writers of color? Scratch invited our panelists to have a conversation about their experiences as people who walk through those “gates” every day. Novelist and essayist…