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It's so much worse than people said.

If you read to the end of the chapter you find out that the poor oppressed white girl's term she uses constantly for her black overlords is considered a jawdropping slur. The book is apparently a metaphor for the current miserable horrors of a world where you can't insult other races with impunity despite how white and blonde you are.

In other news Host is winning the poll handily.

Date: 2012-08-01 10:08 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] psychmoonshadow.livejournal.com
I haven't even heard that, actually. Literally, I don't recall ever seeing a single other person talk about that book. But yeah, pretty much the only reason I read it (aside from "can Meyer write anything but creepy wish fulfillment?") was "wait, the Yeerks are back?"

I...just voted for both. >D

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