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cardgum
02/10/22 7:23:58 PM
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Your thoughts on this CE?
Honestly, to me it's a racist trope that basically states that Asian characters are not allowed to have their natural black hair. This could be a reference to anime, but those characters have their entire hair dyed a bright colour. But this, the purple hair streak, it's a sign of poor character design.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/2/9/1/AAfM3BAAC6Wb.jpg

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Humble_Novice
02/10/22 7:26:13 PM
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They should just go full purple.
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Seaman_Prime
02/10/22 7:27:18 PM
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You see the purple hair streak signifies them as an individual because thats what individuality is all about.
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cjsdowg
02/10/22 7:28:37 PM
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Psylocke was in the last stand. Also racial issues with her character oh my heavens.
Also to your point . I don't know if it is a racist or just lazy . Because for most of those character the colored hair works. I think that points to female Asian characters being boxed into the types of characters that they are being asked to play.

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Feline_Heart
02/10/22 7:31:31 PM
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Knives Chau has a blue streak in that picture. Flopic

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Prestoff
02/10/22 7:33:08 PM
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I heard Shang Chi's sister originally had a red streak on her hair but digitally removed it because it was starting to become a trope/stereotype.

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lilORANG
02/10/22 7:35:43 PM
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This topic reminds me how they did Tina dirty on Glee

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DrizztLink
02/10/22 7:37:49 PM
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Yukio (bottom right) doesn't really fit.

Isn't her hair completely neon red?

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Blue_Target
02/10/22 7:40:42 PM
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https://youtu.be/KmI-lKraj7g

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viewmaster_pi
02/10/22 7:41:06 PM
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hate the cOoL aLt GiRl highlights trope, and the fictional white hair trope

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Eab1990
02/10/22 7:41:44 PM
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https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/3/0/9/AABqeEAAC6Wt.jpg

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averagejoel
02/10/22 7:45:52 PM
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I'm unfamiliar with this as a trope. is it specifically asian women that it's applicable to though, or is it a broader trend than that?

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iPhone_7
02/10/22 7:47:40 PM
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cjsdowg posted...
Psylocke was in the last stand. Also racial issues with her character oh my heavens.
Also to your point . I don't know if it is a racist or just lazy . Because for most of those character the colored hair works. I think that points to female Asian characters being boxed into the types of characters that they are being asked to play.

I think this is more likely.

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YugiNoob
02/10/22 7:55:56 PM
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I think its perfectly fine and not racist at all.

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