DNF’d. The writing was a bit too stilted for me and the MMC is too judgmental. The FMC and MMC first meet because she’s being detained at the airport. Shes from Jamaica visiting a friend. She gets profiled for being black, he’s white, comes in, for something else, threatens them and they let her go. He just now happens across her later that evening and she’s drunk. He legit thinks to himself “who comes into a country for the first time and gets drunk?” Then out loud says “Drunk,” I repeat blankly and snicker. “It’s her first night in the country, and the first thing she does is get drunk? Perhaps she’s not as innocent as I thought”.
First, sir, I’d say it’s probably pretty common for people to get drunk in a new country on their first night there.
Second, she spent over 2 hrs being detained and harassed for no reason other than the color of her skin. Who wouldn’t want to get drunk after that?!
The FMC and MMC first meet because she’s being detained at the airport. Shes from Jamaica visiting a friend. She gets profiled for being black, he’s white, comes in, for something else, threatens them and they let her go. He just now happens across her later that evening and she’s drunk. He legit thinks to himself “who comes into a country for the first time and gets drunk?” Then out loud says “Drunk,” I repeat blankly and snicker. “It’s her first night in the country, and the first thing she does is get drunk? Perhaps she’s not as innocent as I thought”.
First, sir, I’d say it’s probably pretty common for people to get drunk in a new country on their first night there.
Second, she spent over 2 hrs being detained and harassed for no reason other than the color of her skin. Who wouldn’t want to get drunk after that?!