Being at the center of race-based objections upset the author greatly. Keats maintained his character was based on his own mother, and the author, who was no stranger to discrimination himself, was puzzled by the idea of assigning a race to children playing in the snow. Even though The Snowy Day was criticized for tokenism, Keats portrayed African American children with previously unseen positivity.
The author was troubled by racial objections, while Keats maintained his character's basis on his own mother. The author, who had experienced discrimination himself, found the notion of assigning a race to children playing in the snow perplexing. Despite criticism for tokenism, Keats depicted African American children with previously unseen positivity.