Board Thread:News and Announcements/@comment-98.247.168.42-20181122042639/@comment-190.61.38.145-20190426211434

But Prentice and Wylie and Livvy aren't exactly main characters- and they are all black, not any other type of diverse race. And what main character is Latino? None. If you see all the descriptions it's quite obvious, and out of their main group of friends, if we look at the cover art, they are obviously all white. (except Tam and Linh). The fact is that SM simply doesn't seem it to be worth mentioning any races despite the obvious black and white (though white is still the majority race of elves).

And can anyone adress the no sexism part of kotlc? There is obviously some form of sexism, and though Della attemps to refute it, she doesn't do it well. Otherwise we would see the boys wearing dresses, or at least fixing their hair without backlash, basically at least not sticking to common 'human' stereotypes. Many female characters are commonly described as being pretty, not strong, something women feel degrades them in our modern society. Biana is such a stereotypical 'girly girl' (a sexist term in itself) that I question how exactly sexism is not a thing in the perfect elvin world.

And about the degrading humans thing- again, the things they mention are dark and cruel and shouldnt even be in childrens books, despite the thought that the elves may have a change of heart.

And J.R.R Tolkien- True, Colfer might have done the same, but it doesn't make it right. Of course it's fantasy. But it's also copying something from human imagination, which I think isn't right, especially since they put down humans so regurlarly.

And whether you like it or not, there will always be people who are unsatisfied by the way their cultures are represented in book series this popular. Sorry, but it is true. And the fact that you can't see the wrong isn't your fault, but people should be allowed to express their opinions.

And Im not saying I hate kotlc. Just that there are enough flaws that I feel that I want to address.