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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]bride_of_lister
2011-01-12 11:18 am UTC (link)
I think it goes along the lines that watermelon was considered to be a really low grade food and so was fed to slaves. Leading to the "idea" that black people liked watermelon which is why it still has unfortunate implications today.

I am Australian though so I might have the wrong idea. ^^o

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[info]fionnabhair
2011-01-12 08:02 pm UTC (link)
I've wondered about that stereotype for quite a while...being Irish and only having discovered it existed via the internet...

So thanks!

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