Danielle’s review of Thirteenth Child (Frontier Magic, #1) > Likes and Comments

I really don't agree with you about the African-American point you made as all the people talked about in this book are rather relatives or magicians, or both. No one els is ever described so we don't know about other black people. Also we see the implications of there being no Native-Americans through the failure of the Lewis and Clark expedition, which in our universe succeeds.

Admittedly, it's been two years since I read the book, and I could be misremembering, but I don't think, "there's only a couple black characters, so it's ok that Eff's teacher is a total stereotype" is a great counterargument. Same with completely wiping out indigenous races. It doesn't matter that she worked their lack into the story-line, the fact that the author decided to remove them at all is horrible.

Danielle wrote: "Admittedly, it's been two years since I read the book, and I could be misremembering, but I don't think, "there's only a couple black characters, so it's ok that Eff's teacher is a total stereotype..."

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