Redtech wrote:Also, one has to avoid stereotypes and cliches! I'm a black Brit, so relate more to exessive drinking of tea and alcohol than popping caps in people asses. There's no singular black culture even within nations and the difference are even greater internationally. One also has class/background issues to attend with and even the cultural "era" and gender has huge impacts on attitude and behaviour.
If in doubt, there's always the DemoMan from Team Fortress 2.
I for one think purposefully avoiding stereotypes is just as offensive. "We're having a big ol' gaming party, and Chuck brought KFC. Bill isn't eating it, because he's black, so he's going to eat carrot sticks instead"
All you have to do is completely forget about race and just write a character the way you think is right-er, without regard for race or stereotypes, that's the only way you can write without the slightest hint of racism.
Redtech wrote:Also, one has to avoid stereotypes and cliches! I'm a black Brit, so relate more to exessive drinking of tea and alcohol than popping caps in people asses. There's no singular black culture even within nations and the difference are even greater internationally. One also has class/background issues to attend with and even the cultural "era" and gender has huge impacts on attitude and behaviour.
If in doubt, there's always the DemoMan from Team Fortress 2.
I for one think purposefully avoiding stereotypes is just as offensive. "We're having a big ol' gaming party, and Chuck brought KFC. Bill isn't eating it, because he's black, so he's going to eat carrot sticks instead"
All you have to do is completely forget about race and just write a character the way you think is right-er, without regard for race or stereotypes, that's the only way you can write without the slightest hint of racism.
Heh, guess so. Anyway, you won't find a 'brother' who hates the chicken! On a side-topic, I have actually been wondering if furry characters can be defined by nationalities rather than by species.
Sometimes the failed experiments are the ones that don't try to kill you
Redtech wrote:Heh, guess so. Anyway, you won't find a 'brother' who hates the chicken! On a side-topic, I have actually been wondering if furry characters can be defined by nationalities rather than by species.
That'd be easiest with animals that hail from a specific place. A husky dog, for example could be from somewhere northern, maybe Russia or Canada, a Tanuki could be distinctively japanese, most marsupials are exclusively Austrailian, and so on. But if you have, like, a fox, foxes live everywhere and you'd have to make an extra effort to establish nationality.
Nationalities? Of course! It's well known that all Brittish and German people are mad villains. All Russians used to all be in KGB, but nowadays they're just mafia bosses.
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That'd be easiest with animals that hail from a specific place. A husky dog, for example could be from somewhere northern, maybe Russia or Canada, a Tanuki could be distinctively japanese, most marsupials are exclusively Austrailian, and so on. But if you have, like, a fox, foxes live everywhere and you'd have to make an extra effort to establish nationality.
I noticed I have an African Cheetah and an Asian Panda as lead characters without even paying any notice! It's only when I bothered stepping back y'know? I'm wondering if it might be interesting to twist it around and see what happens.
McDuffies wrote:Nationalities? Of course! It's well known that all Brittish and German people are mad villains. All Russians used to all be in KGB, but nowadays they're just mafia bosses.
And you'd rape my unborn child if I called you a Yugoslavian!
*RUNS!*
Sometimes the failed experiments are the ones that don't try to kill you
There's no singular black culture even within nations and the difference are even greater internationally. One also has class/background issues to attend with and even the cultural "era" and gender has huge impacts on attitude and behaviour.
