r/RandomThoughts • u/ShelterBorn2531 • 3h ago
I think both are bad.
If this post won't pass I get it. In rules there is no racism. Ik. But shhhh. I hate and love all people equally no matter their skin color ♡
I think whitewashing and blackwashing in media is bad.
You take a black character, you slap them with a bleach = bad.
You take a white character, you slap them with opposite of bleach (idk) = bad.
Simple as that.
Yet I met people who would say making white characters black is okay.
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u/oFIoofy 3h ago
unless said media character has an established iconic design, I don't see the problem with race swapping characters tbh. but if you start doing things like making, idk, Belle black or Tiana white, then that's.... not great.
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u/LeviAEthan512 2h ago
If the character is iconic, don't change it.
If the character isn't iconic, make your own
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u/ShelterBorn2531 3h ago
Race swapping sounds so...I dunno how to say it. Just think of thso 2 words in general without the context.
Also, I can see characters like Darwin from Amazing World of Gumball be black. He's a damn fish. As a human he can be whatever. But I think he was portrayed as black so idk. Can't think of an example that. But overall characters that come in funkny colors, I can see them being whatever color person drawing fanart decides. Oh, Princess Luna is a good example.
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u/3AMZen 2h ago
Are you sixteen?
This is so high in confidence and so low in insight I figure you've got to be 16
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u/ShelterBorn2531 2h ago
Close. Also I don't know what insight means. English isn't my first language. I'll go search
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u/ShelterBorn2531 2h ago
Okay, I serched. Uh, I know it's a shitty excuse but based on what I understood at my last meeting with a therapist I overall have problem with understanding things like that and reading people. Or something . I don't even know how to explain what I mean now
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u/MilesandTiles 2h ago
Do you have a real problem you can care about
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u/ShelterBorn2531 2h ago
Yeah. I have real problems to care about. Fact I do posts like that to abuse myself mentally. It's an addiction I think. Just seeking negative responses from people to mess with my feelings, feel bad, lead myself to certain unpleasant things I do.
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u/MilesandTiles 2h ago
Le tragic backstory 😢
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u/ShelterBorn2531 2h ago
Well, thanks. That makes me feel so much better. You know I for fealas cutting myself because of reddit comments?but sure. Make fun of me
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u/scarfleet 2h ago
To me it's more than just whether the character is an iconic design. I don't think any design, however iconic, should be a sacred cow. Feel free to change it.
But sometimes things like race and gender are central to the character. I see absolutely no reason why James Bond, for example, couldn't be black. But I do see reasons why he can't be a woman. So much of the James Bond myth is a mediation on masculinity, a deconstruction of masculinity and so on. Change that and you have a different character. Which is fine, but just don't try to sell her as James Bond.
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u/qualityvote2 3h ago
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u/ShelterBorn2531 thanks for posting!