Dear Bloomsbury,
I am writing to express my disapproval of the cover for Jaclyn Dolomore's debut novel Magic Under Glass. You are developing a reputation for representing clearly black and bi-racial characters with white models. I am surprised you didn't learn your lesson after having to change the cover for Justine Larbalesteir's Liar. Obviously you have not. I am certain that you have received and will receive a large number of emails related to your cover for Magic Under Glass, and will therefore keep my message short.
You defended the white-washed cover of Liar by claiming that it was not a "calculated decision to mask the character's ethnicity." I regret to inform you, whatever your intent, that is how the American reader is interpreting these blunders. Whatever your intent you are hurting your own public image by portraying yourselves as intolerant and ignorant.
Dolomore's novel clearly describes her character, Nimira, as "dark-skinned." This cover is not Dolomore's fault, it is entirely your own. Please stop misrepresenting the characters of the books you are publishing, stop representing yourself as an intolerant company, stop underestimating reader interest in books about people of color, and stop insulting our intelligence by assuming that we won't notice.
Sincerely,
name redacted
Happy f*ing Martin Luther King Day poopheads
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