“Solving Racism One ‘Whatever’ at a Time” (Sweet Valley High #42, Caught in the Middle)

This week, we’re back from vacation and ready to tackle the complex subject of interracial relationships. Cheerleader Sandy Bacon is dating Manuel Lopez (our first named Mexican-American character), but Sandy’s afraid to tell her parents, who are well-known racists. It’s a text that is at some points highly nuanced and (as Robert would say) well-observed, and at other points makes us convulse with rage.  Join us as we discuss this complicated story, freak out over a shockingly pornographic moment, and succumb to more than a few exhaustion-induced giggle fits, in “Solving Racism One ‘Whatever’ at a Time” (Sweet Valley High #42, Caught in the Middle). Whatever!