Thoughts
"I am brown and ugly"
I am ***** and I am the author 5 books and a professional journalist and the best I can do to describe my main character is "brown and ugly." But "I have many, many people who are my friends in real life who are darker-skinned than I am."
He has apologized profusely and I believe him that he was 16 and didn't know what he was doing but it doesn't make it less funny.