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Brigid asked this question about A Deadly Education (The Scholomance, #1):
Hearing tell of some incredibly racist passages in this. Who else is taking this off their TBR?
curtis :) I mean... as a person who’s half black and half Indian, and who’s also actually READ the book, I really don’t think you have much to worry about - the…moreI mean... as a person who’s half black and half Indian, and who’s also actually READ the book, I really don’t think you have much to worry about - the passage about dreadlocks was unnecessary and insensitive to a degree, yes, but largely made sense in the context of the passage, and is being removed from subsequent printings of the book. The parts about El not being connected with heritage is also a real thing that happens, and is definitely not necessarily racist imo lol(less)
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A Deadly Education
by Naomi Novik (Goodreads Author)
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