User blog comment:VeryUnknownFan/How do you think Racial Characters are handled on the Show?/@comment-1376932-20140108021614

The only character I think could come off as racially insensitive is Leshawna, but she was obviously supposed to be based off a high school trope. So many teen movies feature the token black girl or the sassy black BFF.

It would've been funny if they played with that a little, but instead, they played it totally straight throughout Island. That being said, she did get her fair share of development later on and became a lot less stereotypical, and she was still a great character in her premiere season. Aside from her, I don't really have many complaints.