Re: why are there so few asian anime characters?

"S.t.A.n.L.e.E" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> On Mon, 17 Nov 2003, Peter H. Granzeau wrote:
>
> > On Mon, 17 Nov 2003 14:11:18 GMT, "Ethan Hammond"
> > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > >> Compare with cartoons made in the western world where it is common to
> > >> use characters that look like the people who live where the cartoon
> > >> was made.
> > >
> > >Because US cartoons tend to be overly PC where we have to have
> > >an interracial cast.  So everyone is represented.
> >
> > Pre-50's US cartoons frequently had stereotype characters--Africans
> > with bit Ubangi lips and a bone through the nose, for instance--which
> > most modern Americans would find in extremely poor taste.  Racial
> > humor was common in America through the first half of the 20th
> > century, and cartoons followed suit.
> >
>
> Don't forget the bucktooth squint-eyed Asians
> and anal-retentive Europeans.

Well, that's one thing that hasn't changed. The Europeans are still
anal-retentive.

Farix, runs off and hides.




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