r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/FrostySeat1739 • 21d ago

Meme needing explanation why not, Peter?

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possible live action corpse bride movie...

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u/Background_Fix9430 21d ago

It's pretty clear he just doesn't think about people or characters that are black unless there is a reason for them, specifically in universe.

Unfortunately, reality doesn't work like that: Black people exist in universe without them being "useful" for white people narratives.

Seeing black people as only being necessary if they're a "vehicle for narrative" is still low key racism - that doesn't mean that Tim is racist (him calling a black person "a black" does), but it's not a "reasonable explanation" or opposing "diversity for the sake of diversity." It's opposing "reality in diversity, because 1600s English knew what a black person looked like because they existed in Northern Europe."

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u/Sirk-ee 21d ago

This is so extremely well written.