RE: As Long as I'm Avenue Qing: Are You a Little Bit Racist?
October 8, 2014 at 4:00 am
(This post was last modified: October 8, 2014 at 4:05 am by Violet.)
One of my two major artistic endeavors challenges our usual cultural norms purposefully to increase the open-mindedness of the reader, while also attributing some separation from this world into an equally valid alternate set. Such attempts include, but at not limited to:
*A North Korea style of governance of a semi-tropical nation peopled predominantly by an analogue to the English, which invaded and "settled" this land within the previous three generations (~65ish years).
*A people of Incan analogues (had they developed with their culture to a napoleonic level of development) largely interned within work camps by the above NK government.
*A progressive technologically-focused arabic-african world superpower.
*An utter absence of east asian peoples and american natives... sorry yall, but I just couldn't find much of a reason for you to abuse the ICE. You should be thanking me, really... as you do not want to be a part of this. Really, I'm doing you a favor by leaving you out of this... trust me.
(But worry not, there's... still none of you in my other manga either. Dammit... well, at least you're overdone, right? Right? 
Actually, you also don't want to be a part of that manga. When not including a regional ethnicity is less racist than forcing them to participate with the rest of us... 
)
Use of racism benefits entertainment that intends to put the reader in their place, as well as that intended to generate a world the reader will recognize.
Culture/palette swaps can lead to somewhat interesting results
I dearly hope I don't get to inventing any new stereotypes. If this catches on... white people could come off as terrorists (they are), rapists (yup), and psychopathic mass murdering fuckheads (not to be mistaken with terrorists, which they also happen to be).
And black people gain a whole new layer of badass. Not that you can see it, or anything
*A North Korea style of governance of a semi-tropical nation peopled predominantly by an analogue to the English, which invaded and "settled" this land within the previous three generations (~65ish years).
*A people of Incan analogues (had they developed with their culture to a napoleonic level of development) largely interned within work camps by the above NK government.
*A progressive technologically-focused arabic-african world superpower.
*An utter absence of east asian peoples and american natives... sorry yall, but I just couldn't find much of a reason for you to abuse the ICE. You should be thanking me, really... as you do not want to be a part of this. Really, I'm doing you a favor by leaving you out of this... trust me.
(But worry not, there's... still none of you in my other manga either. Dammit... well, at least you're overdone, right? Right? Actually, you also don't want to be a part of that manga. When not including a regional ethnicity is less racist than forcing them to participate with the rest of us... )Use of racism benefits entertainment that intends to put the reader in their place, as well as that intended to generate a world the reader will recognize.
Culture/palette swaps can lead to somewhat interesting results
(October 7, 2014 at 8:02 pm)Jenny A Wrote: That's pretty much it Beccs. It's a problem because there's more than a grain of truth to many stereotypes and yet individuals will fool you every time often in a good way.
I dearly hope I don't get to inventing any new stereotypes. If this catches on... white people could come off as terrorists (they are), rapists (yup), and psychopathic mass murdering fuckheads (not to be mistaken with terrorists, which they also happen to be).
And black people gain a whole new layer of badass. Not that you can see it, or anything
Please give me a home where cloud buffalo roam
Where the dear and the strangers can play
Where sometimes is heard a discouraging word
But the skies are not stormy all day
