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kaen ([info]kaen) wrote in [info]unfunny_fandom,
@ 2011-01-10 17:06:00


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A few days ago over at the Megamind community over on livejournal kit_a_licious posted fanart of a blaxploitationized Megamind and Roxanne. An anonymous commenter replied with a link to a commenter on the New York Time's review of the movie talking about racism that they felt was in the movie.

Kit_a_licious makes another post talking about that comment, disagreeing with it any going on to say "I mean, yes, Megamind does have some black characteristics. He can rock the bald look. He can have a soul patch without looking like a total dip. He likes big butts. He probably also likes drums and watermelon, that doesn't make him a brotha."

There's some disagreement in the comments with how dismissive she (and other commenters) are being, but things really pick up going downhill when citizenjess shows up with the seemingly innocuous suggestion of changing "characteristics" to "stereotypes" in that quote up there. Kit's response is that it's just a joke, and later that "I can't agree with anyone who takes anything too seriously", spends some time whitesplaining when her blaxploitation fanart is brought up, and then her older sister torreadora show up and starts trying to defend her.

Note about ages: I know sometimes torreadora sounds like she's trying to comfort and defend a little kid who's just gotten into her first fandom fight, but kit_a_licious is actually twenty-five.


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[info]radiotrash
2011-01-12 08:34 am UTC (link)
They ended up pulling the whole line and not releasing it and still donating all the money they promised they would.

Dunno if it makes it any better but at least they stopped when they realized what they did and refused to even release the products after.

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[info]snarkhunter
2011-01-12 01:34 pm UTC (link)
Maybe that means it was originally well-intentioned? I mean, like it was meant to be a very, very misguided attempt to call attention to the problem? Not that that makes it OKAY, of course, but ... that's a reasonably responsible response.

(I suffer from a form of optimism that I call "Jane Bennet Syndrome." It means I always want to believe the best possible explanation for someone's behavior.)

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[info]luxshine
2011-01-12 07:02 pm UTC (link)
I'm glad that they realized it was stupid, but... I don't know. The Juarez's thing is very close to me, not only because it's happening in my country but because my mother has been working for the last seven years or so trying to solve the cases and change the culture that is allowing that to happen. So knowing that they let the whole line and products long enough for there to be a campaign leaves a very bad taste in my mouth.

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