Do they really think that I, as a reader of a book, would think "This is a great book, but the author has a bad skin color, so I'm not going to read anymore."

If your "great sci-fi" novels weren't total fucking shit, they'd be read.

Much of this modern woke sci-fi and fantasy is terrible general fiction cloaked in sci-fi.

Shit like.

"A 22 year old woman of color who is the smartest, awesomest person in the world, struggles with breaking up with her girlfriend as she struggles to balance a career with her volunteer work helping those who are struggling after they have been discarded by a struggling society.." ... "Oh yeah, it takes place on fucking Mars in the year 2102, even though everyone acts just it is [current year]. So it is sci-fi! Give me a Hugo!"