I dunno, I googled afro people and it came up
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Inkling Boy & Girl are the first black non-Mii characters in Mario Kart
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I dunno, I googled afro people and it came up
That top right one is just bob ross and the one under is a old white lady with a granny fro.
A character doesn't need to be specially Dominican or African or Brazilian for kids to feel represented.
It just need to look more like the kid than the rest of the sea of white kids. Which is why girls of all race usually choose Chun li while playing street fighter 2 vanilla for the first time. Yes she is Chinese, but she looks more like me than ken or blanka because she is a woman
Hell, Brazilians LOVE blanka and nobody here is green =P
It just need to look more like the kid than the rest of the sea of white kids. Which is why girls of all race usually choose Chun li while playing street fighter 2 vanilla for the first time. Yes she is Chinese, but she looks more like me than ken or blanka because she is a woman
Hell, Brazilians LOVE blanka and nobody here is green =P
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Frozenprince
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How many yams do I need?
Angelus Errare
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I got peoples with straight hair and green eyes in my family. "Ethnic" hair lol..
My twin nephews have blue eyes (well they were blue when they were born but they've been slowly turning gray. Which is the same as blue from a genetic inheritance stand point). My niece has green eyes.
My sister has light hazel eyes, I'm the boring one in the family with brown eyes. My siblings and I all have different hair textures, my brother is a solid 4C, I'm 4A and my sister is 3C.
Yea, no. That's not what's happening in this thread. You're living in a fantasy world.
I was apparently born with blue eyes. Never though that story was even half-true until your anecdote. Maybe it's possible. Still don't believe it though, haha.
Should show up in my 23andme report
Spring-Loaded
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You did:
unless you expect peple to think this isn't in direct response to the OP's use of "black." That first post of yours in this thread is plenty ridiculous all on its own; no one exaggerated how bad it was.
You rejected the definition of "black" you told people to look up, ignored the first sentence of the wikipedia page you linked to, and came into this thread with a list of what you think everyone else needed to abide to. You forever danced around giving a definition of what you thought "black" meant and complained that people called the black inklings "black" (which they are).
You've also already spoken for other ethnicities (multiple references to these southeast asians who you think are being excluded):
all while ignoring a southeast asian poster who's asking you not to speak for southeast asian people
"Black people" isn't "inaccurate." You could say it's vague, imprecise, general, etc. It being general means that these black squid could represent people southeast Asian. they could represent those of Australian Aboriginal descent. They could be Cambodian, even if your Cambodian friends don't identify as black.
If it you purport to be aware of how this changes based on context, then why would you barge into the thread to tell everyone using black in this instance that they're wrong? again, this bs part of your first post here:
If you're so enlightened about the intricacies of language around the world, why take offense at people saying these squid are black, particular in response to people saying they somehow can't be black, and are instead tan, or ganguro japanese people/squid mutants? Again, if you're so intellectually transcendent, how is that you can't wrap your head around the OP using black to describe their skin tone rather than assign a particular nationality to them (which did not happen in this thread)?
From your first post in the thread, third time's the charm, once more with feeling:
That post about "tentacle cornrows" is making fun of your "ethnic hair textures" comment. There's no way to interpret your post other than "unless they have ethnic hair, they can't be black" as if there's one type of hair texture for black people, in one place or all over the world.
Just ... hypocrisy for days out of you in just a few pages. You complain about people dictating what these squid kids are for others, while you yourself are trying to control what "black" means. You say you won't speak for other ethnicities after doing just that. You tell people to go outside and interact with other people when you have clearly shown you are incapable of doing that yourself. You desperately need some self-reflection, my man.
However, I do want to thank you for recusing yourself from all future discussion about race/nationality/etc. You are doing a massive favor for everyone, and the world outside this thread.
Gordon Shumway
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Same with me. Oldest brother is charcoal black. The rest are lighter than a brown paper bag..I'm the bag 😁
Son had light blue eyes until he was two..weird shit.
Angelus Errare
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Ah the ol "ethnic hair" argument. Never fails to be invoked by people who have the most tenuous grasp on genetics.
Both my brother and sister are lighter than me, I'm lighter than my mother. My dad is like middle traffic light yellow lmao.
My mom is Dominican but apparently going by this thread she isn't black because reasons (spoiler alert...she's black)
Both my brother and sister are lighter than me, I'm lighter than my mother. My dad is like middle traffic light yellow lmao.
My mom is Dominican but apparently going by this thread she isn't black because reasons (spoiler alert...she's black)
King Gilga
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I wasn't asking for what people actually understand "black" to mean. I was curious what strange, limited definition you're going by. Going by google—which I have access to just like you do—it does not preclude dark skinned people of African or Aboriginal Australian ancestry.
Then... I guess I'm black now?
If black is brown and brown are black, then I guess I have to take back all my accusations and impotent... Offendness? Slightedness? Whatever the word would be.
I was raised under the impression that all black people fell under brown, but not visa versa. So saying 'ambitiously brown' was being inclusive of all of them and the other was being exclusive.
Cornrows have always been my my default video game hairstyle unless maybe there's a nice undercut or slickback available, ever since I made my latino saints row 2 character, most games just not being able to do other hair well didn't help. So I'd take any character with cornrows if I can, long/ponytail cornrows preferably.
Lol, I need proof.
That we love blanka or that we are not green ? xD
When a magazine opened a poll on the web to decide who was the "biggest brazilian of all time" ... and guess who was amongst the most voted ?
Here is a paper protesting the elections with Blanka as the presidential candidate
So yeah .. blanka sux, but blanka is in our hearts
Finally the proper way to address Dolezal.
Principate
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Black has never been a specific shade, even if your just about talking just about african's and aboriginals the difference is vast. You either claim to be it or people treat you like it but it's never been an exclusive term. Quite the opposite really. It's why in some cultures you have shit like the one drop rule.
Gordon Shumway
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LMAO
Messofanego
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Haha
Angelus Errare
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It always amazes me how the most phenotype diverse group in the world ALWAYS gets pigeonholed into this narrow/small box of what they can/are expected to look like by one of the least phenotype diverse groups by way of linking fucking dictionary terms and reducing them to having a specifc trait of "ethnic hair".
I don't really drink much but I suddenly understand the allure of it.
I don't really drink much but I suddenly understand the allure of it.
Platinumstorm
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Kind of in disbelief on this thread.
I just want to commit myself to the dinosaurs with shells, and toadstools team. Down with humans in Mario kart [and their baby forms, and their metal variants].
I just want to commit myself to the dinosaurs with shells, and toadstools team. Down with humans in Mario kart [and their baby forms, and their metal variants].
Spring-Loaded
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I'll go out on a limb and say no one using black to describe people with dark skin around the world is directly or indirectly being exclusive, and there are plenty of places around the world where having dark/darker skin compared to the general population means you're black.
And having cornrows as an option is finehaving more options for players is what this thread was celebrating. The more tentacle-hairstyles in this Splatoon 2/MK8D, the better.
Please. It's all about the Koopas. If you see an Iggy in a Gold Kart online, know you're about to get rekt by me.
Platinumstorm
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The koopas are dinosaurs with shells, but I didn't want Yoshi to feel left out.
They're not dinos. They're turtles. D8< Yoshi is a dino.
Platinumstorm
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OK, reptilianoids with shells. I will agree to call them cats with shells if you will agree to it. The shelled people. Mutant rats. Whatever we can agree on as long as they have shells.
Yoshi's shell is so small. =( Poor Yoshi. [Down with humans in Mario Kart]
Professor Beef
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The I G G Y?
Neat! Thanks!
I will agree they have shells.
And poor Yoshi nothing. Have you thought about his abilities for a second? Dude's a beast. Walks along fuckin' chomping plants like they're nothing. Can flutter-run in the air. HE CAN EAT FIRE.
A Yoshi with a star is automatic Armageddon.
.....
Welp, guess I'm going back to maining Yoshi.
dammit
Mihael Mello Keehl
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I missed this gem lol
Angelus Errare
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Remember the "Clementine isn't black" thread? Good times, good times.
King Gilga
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Yeah that's a new concept to me, it's something I simply never really heard of before this thread. And yeah more variety is always good if they at least try, I don't think even the remember the last non sports game I've played that had a decent fade, most games can't even get a simple buzzcut right.
I don't know why you were trying to fight it, with thoughts like this you're definitely black.
2017 isn't a lot different than 2004
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=820
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=820
Japanmanx3
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Just walked into thread and saw Dolezal getting roasted...
Carry on!
Carry on!
What's particularly heinous in 2017's edition is that the black inklings are optional inklings, not the only ones. So it's not only people being unable to relate to characters of a different skin-tone, but outright rejecting them even when their presence isn't at all aimed at them.
Hopefully this thread can steer itself back to being a celebration of Nintendo becoming more inclusive, without people popping up to deny it for no reason at all, using stawmen to disguise their points as embracing diversity.
...what
Prototype Viktor
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But they do lock out blue eyes if you choose black skin
Since you can't select black skin only tanned, they let you pick blue eyes
GotYa! Lol man this thread
FeenixRising
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Don't even have to go that far back, remember the Mafia III reveal?
Angelus Errare
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That's what I was trying to tell you before with the whole 'Black is basically an umbrella term for PoC' debate. But everyone was arguing left and right, I thought you were just a troll with your initial responses. But I'm glad you're seeing things in a new perspective. Up until a few years ago, I kept claiming Brazilian when asked about my race; but now I claim black. I had to learn and educate myself on what blackness means, and what it means to me.
That's why topics like these are important. Through all the trash, there really is gold.
Lmao I've been going through that topic as I post in this one. People in that Clementine topic were jumping through all sorts of hoops to feign ignorance. Asian, white, tanned, not black though. Despite her parents looking black af, people assumed she was adopted. Then you had people who said they never even noticed LEE was black, throughout the story.
It's a bizarre, Twilight Zone of a topic.
Baron von Loathsome
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For the longest time, I legit thought she was Asian. Not that her being black changes the experience much for me.
Dreams-Visions
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Gaf is truly the worst.
Updating, probably missed something so fill me in
Official Alternative Facts List For This Thread
Official Alternative Facts List For This Thread
- Black inklings aren't black, they're white tan inklings.
- They look more like dark skinned asians than "afro people"
- Another reason they can't be black is that they don't have ethnic hair
- Despite Monolith being Nintendo, Elma doesn't count as a Nintendo character
- Elma can't be black because (XCX spoilers)
but she can be Japaneseshe's an alien
- White people don't have privileges over black people
- Games shouldn't try to have representation because they aren't a Benetton advert.
Angelus Errare
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I mean can see that if one never saw the family photo, but people thought she was white...was like...wtf. Lord knows if they saw that little girl in RL she would not be part of that exclusive club.
Prototype Viktor
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