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Topic	Racist Stereotypes in Smash Bros. Ultimates Spirits Mode
DrZalost 12/24/18 5:00:28 PM #66:	SonyFan462 posted... What is the deal there? What makes it racist? Not sure if you are being serous but... Historically blacks have been compared to animals specifically apes/monkeys in a dehumanizing way. And is still used as a racist insult today. Spirit battles usually use a character that looks, behaves, or fights similarly to the spirit it represents. So therefore using Diddy/Donkey Kong to represent a black fighter is at the very least insenstive, and there were probably better characters they could have used instead. <cite>DrZalost posted [p:914656436] in Racist Ste... [t:77330694]...</cite> <quote><cite>SonyFan462 posted...</cite> <quote>What is the deal there? What makes it racist?</quote> Not sure if you are being serous but... Historically blacks have been compared to animals specifically apes/monkeys in a dehumanizing way. And is still used as a racist insult today. Spirit battles usually use a character that looks, behaves, or fights similarly to the spirit it represents. So therefore using Diddy/Donkey Kong to represent a black fighter is at the very least insenstive, and there were probably better characters they could have used instead.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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