If you read this you would understand the subliminal message portraying Muslim culture and brown skinned people as unfriendly. Social media users labelled the choice of words as "inappropriate" and "disturbing", assuch depictions can embed Islamophobia and misconceptions of other cultures in children reading the book. Wilf and Biff also describe the town as "scary" and say that the marketplace contained "strange things" in other scenes. The story follows a princess named Aisha, who is continuously being chased by men- who are described as dangerous- for a magic stone which she seeks to retrieve. Wow, am I right to think this is inappropriate?! /CcQm4hpBde The people in question are depicted wearing stereotypical clothing, with women wearing the niqab face covering, and men sporting turbans and long beards. In the illustration, one character points out that "the people don’t seem very friendly" and that the characters "should stay together". In the story, the characters Wilf and Biff are magically transported to a foreign land after acquiring a set of marbles, and find themselves in what appears to be a marketplace in the Middle East.
The publisher said they will also destroy any remaining copies. The story, titled The Blue Eye, drew widespread criticism for portraying the Middle East as a "scary place", and will no longer be printed by the book’s publisher Oxford University Press (OUP). An installment of the widely popular children’s book series Biff, Chip and Kipper will no longer be for sale following accusations of racist depictions of Muslims, The Guardian has reported.
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