Put It Another Way

This would have been smarter at the beginning.

To all offended by that page with Emoticon shown here earlier, my sincere apologies.

I do hope some people will actually read the book.  This page, out of context, gives a very distorted view of the book's content. I don't blame anyone for judging based on a panel or a page, we all do that. No harm, no foul. I'm not mad at anyone, I'm not upset at anyone.

If anyone has a sincere question about the series or the characters, feel free to ask me directly and I will answer politely (please forgive me if my answer runs long, I am wildly verbose at times).

The book has a message of anti-racism all through it. Emoticon is part of that, he is mocking a very particular white-created stereotype. But I am not immune to the suggestion that maybe that kind of character is better handled by a writer of color, nor am I disagreeing with the notion that as parody, it simply didn't work for some people at all.

There's a lot of shitty stuff out there in the media regarding race. WtT makes fun of a LOT of it, sometimes with a feather, and sometimes with a club. That doesn't mean it's all effective.

As always, if anyone has a question, please feel free to ask, otherwise I have to get back to work and I've said a lot more than I should, anyway (that verbose thing, again!).

I appreciate all the thoughtful comments.

I will say, that very soon, and I mean REALLY soon, I will have some very good news about this particular discussion to announce (and no, it's not more Tranquility!).

Best wishes and good night for real.

Gail