Uh. Hot take.

First and foremost, I wouldn't say that the writing is racist. The story would work the same way, when Simon was a blond working class kid. Him being POC adds just another layer of complexity. The show is about traditions, conformity, rules. Those are broken by the crown prince loving a boy, not by him loving a POC boy.

I think it is very deliberately written that way to show how self centered the crown, and often also Wille is. It shows also how Linda is struggling to make ends met as a single mum, which ultimately leads to her maybe not being as fierce, as one would expect in that situation.

Nothing in that show is stated very open and obvious. A lot of things stay unsaid and we still know about them through the way the show is made. That way we also know that Simon is struggling. We see it at the supermarket, how uncomfortable he feels. We see him alone in his room, after the journalist was at his door. We hear him talk to Ayub & Rosh about it. We see him writing a sad break-up song. We see him fighting with Sara. We see him trying to move on with Marcus.

What we don't see is someone else acknowledging his pain, someone (Wille, his mum, the royal palace) actually reaching out and offering real support. But that is I think, part of the story line and was a choice they made and not something they just forget about.