How we cite our quotes: (Part.Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #1
It was bad enough being biracial in her conservative suburban neighborhood. God knew what they'd do to a werewolf. (1.2.7)
Perhaps Maia being bi-racial helps her understand better the plight of a Downworlder. They're kind of bi-species, after all.
Quote #2
"You mean a lycanthrope or some other sort of Downworlder?" [Jace] arched his light eyebrows. "You all blend together to me." (1.2.45)
In this world, Jace pretending to not be able to tell Downworlders apart amounts to someone in this world walking into a room full of all black people, all East Asian people, all white people, or all Latinos—or any race, really—and saying "I can't tell you guys apart." Racism alert.
Quote #3
And [Jace] used a word, a word for weres that they never used themselves, a filthily unpleasant word that implied an improper relationship between wolves and human women. (1.2.60)
We have no clue what this word is, but in a werewolf bar, this is the equivalent of shouting out a horrible racial slur.