>> Or they fill it with disgusting opposite-of-helpful tropes, like The Magicians did, or they intentionally destroy the token characters because they can or because they don't know what else to do with them... <<
This happens a lot in comics, and then they claim that diverse comics don't sell. >_< Well maybe they should try hiring more people of color and women to make comics.
>>until somebody none-too-gently said that not every country is mixed as the US - the particular country this poster is for (it may have been Italy) is very white so it actually *is* representative of the target population<<
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And you can't really put Sicilians on that kind of poster because they're even touchier than, say, folks around Rome -- that's begging to get your tires slashed. Italy's racial issues are different than America's, but no less a powder keg.
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Date: 2018-01-22 09:15 pm (UTC)This happens a lot in comics, and then they claim that diverse comics don't sell. >_< Well maybe they should try hiring more people of color and women to make comics.
>>until somebody none-too-gently said that not every country is mixed as the US - the particular country this poster is for (it may have been Italy) is very white so it actually *is* representative of the target population<<
\o/
And you can't really put Sicilians on that kind of poster because they're even touchier than, say, folks around Rome -- that's begging to get your tires slashed. Italy's racial issues are different than America's, but no less a powder keg.