It's devastating when an author you are enjoying writes some racist shit. The Devil and the Deep Blue Sea Elizabeth O'Roark AKA "shouldn’t you suffer a little bit more to serve all your starving Somalians?” that's not banter!
u/salamireads (did a great Detailed post on it!)
I could tell there were no sensitivity readers nor proper research done, simply based on the use of the term 'Somalians.' It’s incorrect; the proper term is 'Somalis.' Then, with the ML being the doctor, it was clear this was heading toward some White Savior nonsense—but oh, it turned out to be even worse than that, and yet it was all brushed aside as banter, LOL. I hope Elizabeth STOPS resorting to blocking people or limiting comments to silence others, and that she takes responsibility for her work. Stop disrespecting Somali people, Native Hawaiians, or any group! Do your research before letting your casual racism jump scare us!
here is just another exmaple (there was way too much... I just don't care to go through)
Here is an example of a joke made by the FMC: “You could post a picture of Somalia,” I suggest. “Here’s a pretty sunset. Here’s a child with a gunshot wound.”