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I& #39;m reading a book where dark skinned girls are starved, enslaved and forced to be surrogates for a race of obese white rulers who float in chairs (yes, like in Wall-E) and I& #39;m so confused about whether this is SUPPOSED to be offensive? And to who? Just everyone?
the protagonist of this book is stated to be white - with blond hair and olive skin - she is one of the palest surrogates. There& #39;s also a layer of & #39;high hosts& #39; who are from the dark skinned race but serve the & #39;morbs& #39; (the fat white ppl) and bleach their skin to look like them.
So this isn& #39;t even a case of the author TRYING to make a statement about how white ppl treat POC cos otherwise why would she make so absolutely sure we know the rebel girl is white?
I do not feel like I have the language or knowledge to properly pick at this books treatment of race. But then I don& #39;t think the author of this book does either.
and if you& #39;re thinking & #39;did she really call a race of morbidly obese people & #39;Morbs& #39;?& #39; yes. She did. It& #39;s short for Morbihan And the thin people who work for them are the Skels....cos they& #39;re Skeletal. And there& #39;s mutilated ppl.....called Mutils.
fucks sake. It has just been dropped into the plot that some people can control birds - and now everyone necessary for the plot to move forward has been coincidentally put into the same prison cell?
Obviously if you intend to read this book you shouldn& #39;t be reading this thread - I don& #39;t want anyone yelling & #39;SPOILERS!& #39; at me.
But I& #39;ve just gotten to a plot point so ridiculous I laughed out loud. It turns out the meat....it& #39;s people. It& #39;s the old Soylent Green twist.
But I& #39;ve just gotten to a plot point so ridiculous I laughed out loud. It turns out the meat....it& #39;s people. It& #39;s the old Soylent Green twist.
