Also adding to how black people are used in entertainment media, it’s called the Magic Negro. I didn’t learn about it until college cause my hs was primarily white and Mexican so of course they didn’t tech it. But basically it’s a black character whose only purpose is to somehow aid the main character (who is usually white) in their development to the plot. So like the one I always think of immediately is ‘God’ in Bruce Almighty. God may have been Morgan Freeman in the movie, which I thought was awesome, but his only role/job was to aid Bruce. Hairspray (love the musical), even though it was literally about integration of black and white people in media and change, and black rights. The main cast was a white girl and her lover. Technically in the play, the black lil sis didn’t even win the dance competition thing like the movie did at the end lol. Anyways, without the mc, the black character has no use in the film. Sadly it’s like main characters can’t be black (or any American minority race) without their race being relevant to the plot. Now of course it’s ‘not all movies/tv/books’ and many have been forcefully and beautifully inclusive to many ethnicities. But it’s still relevant information, and an American thing. Obviously other countries are going to use their own races and ethnicities for their entertainment. America is a melting pot…with preferences （￣へ￣）
I wanted to write a whole ass book saying the same shit earlier
I know for sure I have to keep in mind that this takes place in Korea and the racism out there can differ than in the states…but the reverse racism is wild! Like wtf, I really don’t like it cause it paints black people/mixed people (any dark skinned people) in such bad lighting. I’m a mixed black girl so there are many times when I can’t help but to find something a bit racist or discriminatory, but I don’t pull the card for everything. But in entertainment media I can’t help but to notice the lack there of, especially growing up. Many genres and forms of entertainment subjectively vilify and disparage blackness already (dark elves are usually evil and ugly, black features on animated characters are usually overly unkempt/exaggerated features, black people usually or only come from poor families/neighborhoods, etc.) that seeing it in a manhwa I love so much is unsettling. I hope that it goes over well. Racism is a topic that is not covered directly in most forms of media and tends to show two that represent racism rather than the blantant crap that actually goes on. So it’s…nice to see it so bluntly??? But then also no? Lol
Also homeboy gotta chill with the N word. Bruh over here Korean and American, so I’m assuming a white American. My guy definitely said it with an ‘a’ at the end cause lord knows I had to count those asterisks to make sure