moominmuppet

So, I've been reading a YA fantasy series called Artemis Fowl. In general, they're pretty fun -- sort of a mix of Chrestomanci and Phule's Company. But aside from the weirdness of naming your male character Artemis without, apparently, intending to be genderfucky, there's one thing that's really getting under my skin.

There's bad blood between humans and fairies. The fairies are not the bad guys, but they do use some insulting terms for humans. For some ungodly reason, the author settled on "Mud People". *twitch* WTF? I'm going to assume cluelessness on his part, not an intentional association between his protagonists and fucking asshole white supremacists. I think it's a damned good argument for googling your words before you make up new names/insults/etc. Go ahead. Google "mud people". Welcome to the wonderful world of white power websites. Please keep your in-flight barf bags close at hand.