It was complex in an interesting way, that was engaging to read, and not in a throwing-crap-at-the-wall way. Not less offensively the protagonist says some pretty wild things about child abuse. I was already off-put by their other behavior, which was conveyed better. You didn't need their bigotry to accomplish any of that. Everyone you write is horrendous, except the ones with no opinions at all. Maybe you were even going for a Brechtian break in the immersion, and I'm not supposed to get attached to anyone. Kevin says racist things and calls his mom out when she's out of line (Crucially, he calls her "harsh" he doesn't say that she's wrong.) his mom says racist things but calls it out when her son is out of line (Similar deal with her she doesn't say he's wrong.) fine, we have complexity. Sure, all the characters are racist and all the characters are hypocrites that's fine I guess.
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