So, have you been following this story?

The one about the publicity campaign for the YA book with the blackface video?

It's been going on for weeks (or longer?) now, but I only just stumbled across it due to the Io9 link above.

Yikers.

From what I've seen—and yes, this is based solely on only having read articles/essays/rants (and, to be fair-minded, the author's rebuttal) about it and being excruciatingly uncomfortable while watching the video—it does look hugely problematic. But I'd love to hear from someone who's actually read the whole book.