MGibster
Legend
Real life is problematic like that. We just have to accept that you're never going to make everybody happy while simultaneously taking the time to listen to those who object to the way things are presented. A lot of times they have a good point but sometimes they won't.Basing anything on a real life culture is inherently problematic if it's not yours even with sensitivity readers who ultimately represent themselves only.
Out of everything I've seen in this thread about the product, Chief Sitting Drool is one of the least offensive parts of it. It's a stupid third grader joke I would have expected to see on the likes of Garbage Pail Kids cards when I was a kid. It's offensive, sure, but mainly because it's so stupid.I think we can all agree that Chief Sitting Drool is objectively offensive. I Also think there are ways to take inspiration from a culture, without creating an offensive racist stereotype of that same culture.
Good gravy, yeah. I've watched a few movies I saw as a kid and was floored by some of the things I just didn't remember. And I didn't remember those "shocking" scenes because at the time they were quite normal and mainstream.Looking at what else was done in the 80's though..... What was acceptable is shocking now. I could rattle off a few things that were legal back then but yeah.
Breakdancing and boomboxes, with spikes in their heads (in one ear out the other for one because there is nothing in between apparently). Looks like it can be taken as a depiction of stupid orcs as 80s American Black people.
Taken out of context, that one looks more to me like British punks. Most black people here in the United States during the 1980s did not sport safety pins through their cheeks or otherwise have a punk aesthetic. At least not according to the documentaries Breakin' (1984) and Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo (also 1984). Of course when you put that picture back into its context....yeesh.