A Black American writer, disillusioned by modern Black writing

The work that is pushed into the main vein of literature and awarded always seems to be... sad, reflective of a time that the writer did not live through. There are so many grand struggles that just scream "help me". While I have penned a few strictly African American-themed works (a short historical fiction about slave catchers, gentrification, the like...), those are the pieces that always get published. When I wrote about love or grief or laughter or lady bugs...when I am vague about WHO wrote the poem, it's not relevant in most sectors.

Do any of you feel that way? Are people (all people) actually tired of the struggling Black artist trope? Is it normal to feel like if I'm not writing about being from the hood, or my grandma's Sunday cooking, a church, or what I can't have because I'm white, I won’t get the recognition other Black writers get. These themes do nothing for me, they actually discourage me from writing. But I won't stop. My poetry is of me, and I am Black, but that's not all I am.

EDIT: Ive seen America Fiction a bunch of times. Obviously it spoke to me. But it didn’t answer the question of how to navigate through it. Do you just keep going and you’ll hook some scholarship or grant or teaching position that won’t make you focus on examining the n-word or Baptist churches lol It’s almost as if you have to write 2x as well about global topics than to just shart out something about your struggle for the white people to nod and tear up at lmao excuse my candor