harlequin teen has a new book out in may 2017 called THE BLACK WITCH by Laurie Forest that has been hurting a tremendous amount of people in the bookish community through its extremely racist content. here’s a post by a young WOC that will hopefully give you an idea about what books like this do to us.
here is a very detailed review that recaps the plot and mentions all the problematic content. from establishing that biracial people are “half-breeds”, to slavery and rape as plot devices, to a whole arc about racial impurity because of mixed race heritage … this isnt even half of the dangerous content in there. there is also a lot of homophobia and ableism.
here’s what you need to do
review the book on goodreads to attract the publishers attention (they need to notice that we wont tolerate racist books)
if you can, also send an email to harlequin teen
talk about the book, make your own posts all over social media
boost everyone who mentions the racism in this book
inform people who plan on reading it of the racism
make sure you listened properly: ive seen a lot of people condemn THE BONE WITCH by Rin Chupeco instead which is a beautifully diverse book by a woman of color.
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