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Thoughts, anyone? (The avatar in question is a caricatured black man in a turban with thick lips.)

https://boardgamearena.com/report?id=21 ... r=84740431

Well, it is probably based on a mocking stereotypical caricature of a black man. That character doesn't even have teeth.

That would be Mr Popo from Dragon Ball Z. So it is an established character in an anime series.

I'm going to take my nerd points and leave now

For more on the wonderful Mr Popo: https://dragonball.fandom.com/wiki/Mr._Popo

Well, glad to know the source, but ... that doesn't really address the question.

nandblock wrote: ↑20 January 2021, 05:35 Thoughts, anyone? (The avatar in question is a caricatured black man in a turban with thick lips.)

https://boardgamearena.com/report?id=21 ... r=84740431

You will find the mods on this site do not really care to address topics regarding racism

https://boardgamearena.com/forum/viewto ... =3&t=18310

N_Faker wrote: ↑20 January 2021, 11:33 Well, it is probably based on a mocking stereotypical caricature of a black man. That character doesn't even have teeth.

I'm not sure when "no teeth" became a black stereotype.

Giordano Bruno 1974 wrote: ↑21 January 2021, 23:47

N_Faker wrote: ↑20 January 2021, 11:33 Well, it is probably based on a mocking stereotypical caricature of a black man. That character doesn't even have teeth.

I'm not sure when "no teeth" became a black stereotype.

Nor did I say that it is.

Recyclops wrote: ↑21 January 2021, 22:00

nandblock wrote: ↑20 January 2021, 05:35 Thoughts, anyone? (The avatar in question is a caricatured black man in a turban with thick lips.)

https://boardgamearena.com/report?id=21 ... r=84740431

You will find the mods on this site do not really care to address topics regarding racism

https://boardgamearena.com/forum/viewto ... =3&t=18310

I don't really want to start a larger discussion or critique of the people who run this site. I just, you know, don't want to stumble across blackface caricatures when I'm on the site. Just because the image is taken from some popular anime that doesn't absolve it of its (very obvious) offensiveness.

nandblock wrote: ↑22 January 2021, 04:29 I don't really want to start a larger discussion or critique of the people who run this site. I just, you know, don't want to stumble across blackface caricatures when I'm on the site. Just because the image is taken from some popular anime that doesn't absolve it of its (very obvious) offensiveness.

Many adblockers allow you to individually block images. With a couple of clicks you'll never see the image again. Good luck!

So it's apparently my responsibility to find a way to avoid seeing racist images on this site?