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?
Kimik Gibson I'm past the halfway point, and there is a passage where the protagonist talks about trying to learn Arabic and out pops a document in Arabic that she…moreI'm past the halfway point, and there is a passage where the protagonist talks about trying to learn Arabic and out pops a document in Arabic that she denotes must be modern because it makes reference to a scenario where a man is driving a vehicle through pedestrians.
This passage in no way helps the plot or provides insight into anything meaningful save to invoke horrible stereotypes about Arabic-speaking people. (less)
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