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I’m writing a book based on my Samoan daughter and I was wondering if the words ‘afatasi’ and ‘palagi’ in a children’s book would be considered racist or problematic in any way (My partner who’s Samoan believes they aren’t but I’m curious to see what others think)?

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I’m writing a book based on my Samoan daughter and I was wondering if the words ‘afatasi’ and ‘palagi’ in a children’s book would be considered racist or problematic in any way (My partner who’s Samoan believes they aren’t but I’m curious to see what others think)?	1