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<blockquote data-quote="FrozenNorth" data-source="post: 8693017" data-attributes="member: 7020832">This whole post raises some good points (not quoting the whole thing because it is long).I would add that something that North Americans like myself don’t have to grapple with is that our culture is so omnipresent that we don’t have to deal with an incorrect characterization that becomes so prevalent that it overwhelms the truth.Imagine a Japanese anime in which George Washington is portrayed as a sexy anime catgirl and Abraham Lincoln is jacked and defeats the Confederacy due to a demonic pact.&nbsp; Now imagine that that the anime is wildly successful and that it is the only portrayal most people are going to see.&nbsp; That anime is going to shape not just their impression of George Washington and Abraham Lincoln, but of all Americans.I think that is why a lot of minority cultures are very sensitive about how their cultures are portrayed in media.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="FrozenNorth, post: 8693017, member: 7020832"] This whole post raises some good points (not quoting the whole thing because it is long). I would add that something that North Americans like myself don’t have to grapple with is that our culture is so omnipresent that we don’t have to deal with an incorrect characterization that becomes so prevalent that it overwhelms the truth. Imagine a Japanese anime in which George Washington is portrayed as a sexy anime catgirl and Abraham Lincoln is jacked and defeats the Confederacy due to a demonic pact. Now imagine that that the anime is wildly successful and that it is the only portrayal most people are going to see. That anime is going to shape not just their impression of George Washington and Abraham Lincoln, but of all Americans. I think that is why a lot of minority cultures are very sensitive about how their cultures are portrayed in media. [/QUOTE]

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