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[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Is it "race pandering" to make a cast more diverse in order to broaden its appeal?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago (1 children)

It is when you're just taking an existing character and basically giving them black face.

It would be infinitely easier to integrate a new character entirely than to just race swap a character without changing their cultural identity.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I don't think I understand what you mean by "race pandering". Is it a kind of pandering? Pandering to whom? And how?

[–] [email protected] 9 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

I call it pandering specifically because it's disingenuous. It's not a real attempt at racial inclusivity it's going "Ah fuck we're getting bitched at for not being inclusive. Fuck it this characters black now. They act exactly the same because we can't be bothered to actually put in the work to make the cultural changes, but, good enough. Fuck you"

And that's why it's pandering. They literally just change the color of their skin without giving a single fuck about cultural identities.

Edit: Removed my first paragraph because I phrased it wrong.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 9 months ago

OK I didn't know that's what happened.