darth_ender said:
As you say, educate yourself my good fellow, and read the book ;)
Reading some piece of tripe sci-fi novel is hardly any worthwhile bit educating. I have better things to spend my time on.
darth_ender said:
Interestingly, later in the series another sentient alien species is discovered. They are given the proper name of Pequeninos, Portuguese for little children. But they are nicknamed "piggies" (with a lowercase p) because of their pig-like snouts. I doubt Card was making any statement about overweight people, or people with upturned noses, or perhaps little Portuguese fat kids.
That would be understandable though, little fat kids with pig-like noses are the worst.