While it should be noted that Shining director Stanley Kubrick is kinda crazy and hard to work with, to the point he drove the actor for Wendy insane, Steven King had slandered him as sexist by calling Kubrick depiction of Wendy "misogynistic".
This, along with the other bashing of the 80's film by King is likely why Stanley Kubrick forced him to sign an NDA to make him shutup in exchange for the movie rights needed for the late 90's miniseries. Steven King would later gloat about the NDA expiring with Stanley Kubrick's death.
Steven King would later attract controversy for defending the Regressive Left and bashing Trump.
I would say the black kid in IT was pretty normal. But I get your point.
I think the funniest thing with King is he writes sex scenes like someone that has never had sex or a normal relationship,
Given the children in IT were, well, children, and he's a Lefty elite, I'm rather glad he's writing those sex scenes like someone who never has done so, because that clock gets reset way too often.
I'd kinda forgotten the IT stuff but was thinking more of the adult ones he includes in every book. Haven't read him in years though. The worst was the older couple in 'Insomnia' and the ones in 'Tommyknockers'. I could always sense them coming and I'm just thinking "please, no dude, just stop!".