Racism in Tortall

Like classism, racism is something Pierce thinks she handles well, and utterly fails at. Let me count the ways.

( Racism ho! )

This is only the tip of the iceberg. The more I read these books critically, the more skeeved by the blatant racism I am.

While I'm at it...

Why the Tortall stories aren't as feminist as Pierce thinks they are.

( Broken Aesops from Tortall )

There will be more, if I can ever stand to think about this again.