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The Black Culture Thread |OT8| Hands Up, Don't Shoot
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Damn Bleedingcool is the Kotaku of comics.
TheBlackMarvel
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That's it. Subscribed.
You ever try to do research on the War On Terror/OBL in general and find you have no idea how Arabic families keep the names of their kids straight? Especially when you get into families that have 20+ kids where about 80% are the same name plus or minus one or two letters. Such a confusing language to me.
soundscream
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Where were you last year when this was all over GAF?
I am curious how many people forget these gaming companies are businesses and not their friend/
Why James crying had me sides hurting lol
@Soundscream I joined this year
Why James crying had me sides hurting lol
@Soundscream I joined this year
soundscream
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You didnt lurk pre joining?
Not that much. Only time I came on this was for NPD threads.
Nope.
Professor Beef
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All these years of calling him trash, and now he'll portray it.At first I was like
Then I was like
... FUCK JADEN
Would that still be a serial killer?
The Faceless Master
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I didn't see that, but I liked him in The Day The Earth Stood Still.
Dreams-Visions
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Be careful out in these streets, bruhs.
Still Open Season.
Still Open Season.
Boss Riovane
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In one crew I am. It's funny as shit. Couple of others I am one of many.
The black cousin.
It depends on who I'm hanging out with.
I have a lot of non-black friends, if that's what you mean.
But I never let myself be "the black friend" stereotype in a group. Too much love for myself for that mess.
CountBlack
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yes.
More referring to people trying to invoke it than anything else. "Well you're black so..." Type bullshit.
Oooh. That's rough. They bad about it?
Depends who I hang out with
No, never. They're all very cool people. Italians, too.
Maybe i am crazy, but it really irks me when folks just want to make a character black or whatever
"Lets make Superman black"
"Cool so it's new character with his own history and identity?"
"Nope, we will just make him black"
"Oh ok, so you will deal with white family adapting a black kid in rural Kansas?"
"Nope, he is just going to be black"
"Lets make Superman black"
"Cool so it's new character with his own history and identity?"
"Nope, we will just make him black"
"Oh ok, so you will deal with white family adapting a black kid in rural Kansas?"
"Nope, he is just going to be black"
I know that big Moby Lick from the street sharks looking mofo didn't try to crowd surg?
BeatResetsTheWorld
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Yuup. Most of the time I don't really think much of it, sometimes it feels weird though
Yep.
Face it Tiger..
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I am the black friend in the group of black friends, so no.
It doesn't always matter and doesn't always require some kind justification. I reject the wholesale dismissal of race switching of established characters in favor of making new ones because newer characters are more likely to be ignored, so minority representation benefits from retooling established majority characters more than majority characters would be hurt. Take it case by case. There's nothing inherently white about Peter Parker, nothing inherently black about Hancock. Those stories could be about anyone. By the same token, Magneto obviously needs to be a Polish Jewish holocaust survivor, since that's a big part of his motivation (although there's even wiggle room there since there has been plenty of ethnic cleansing going on in the world in other places since WWII). It's not always a big deal.
I will say I sometimes wonder what it would be like to have a run where superman is black in the vain of Red Son. Or if he was still white and adopted by black parents.
XiaNaphryz
LATIN, MATRIPEDICABUS, DO YOU SPEAK IT
Alligatorjandro
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The Flash was pretty good
Face it Tiger..
Banned
that description is apt.
I dunno Slay.
Creators always use the excuse to forsake diversity because there's no reason to. There's always got to be a reason why the characters are black/Asian/middle eastern/etc but the main can always be a white guy without need for the explanations.
One of the setbacks always given is that "oh I don't know much about the culture so I can't" but it's really crappy excuse because in America, majority of all minorities are Americanized and therefore, not tied to their cultural background. They don't need a reason anymore than a white guy.
Diversity for the sake of it really isn't a problem, unless they are characterized stereotypically or have downright offensive design. I can understand not wanting a bunch of minorities in something that would generally lack it (I.e a bunch of ethnicities in a Japanese setting) but if it can fit, why not?
Minorities can have a deep, complex background but it's not always necessary. For some creators to assume that minorities have to have these struggles displays a very limited perception.
Creators always use the excuse to forsake diversity because there's no reason to. There's always got to be a reason why the characters are black/Asian/middle eastern/etc but the main can always be a white guy without need for the explanations.
One of the setbacks always given is that "oh I don't know much about the culture so I can't" but it's really crappy excuse because in America, majority of all minorities are Americanized and therefore, not tied to their cultural background. They don't need a reason anymore than a white guy.
Diversity for the sake of it really isn't a problem, unless they are characterized stereotypically or have downright offensive design. I can understand not wanting a bunch of minorities in something that would generally lack it (I.e a bunch of ethnicities in a Japanese setting) but if it can fit, why not?
Minorities can have a deep, complex background but it's not always necessary. For some creators to assume that minorities have to have these struggles displays a very limited perception.
Yeah but making Clark Kent black without some acknowledgement is saying race and shit is just like changing a shirt or flipping a switch. It;'s insulting.
For an already established character, I can understand that. A new one could suffice, right?
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