The comments.

dont be stupid you think black ppl only exist in fucking america or sumn

no but most the stupit people do

Lmao. Don't strawman me. Only Americans will see the art of the black man as racist and insensitive bcs of their history of blackface. No one in the rest of the world is fucking entitled to the same standards bcs it's simply not part of our history.

So ig ur American? F*ck outta here

what ig? i am american lol

i am not *

“dont strawman me” dont make stupid ass comments like it is insensitive tf it dont matter how u see it if ur not black

News flash, Columbus. The rest of the world doesn't care maybe instead of fetishizing black people see them as equals you won't have to cry insensitivity everywhere.

The drawing IS a racist caricature of a black man. The author not being American doesn't change that. Like you do realize that racism exists outside of America? And it especially exists in Japan where a lot of their beauty standards are colourist and racist? It may have been drawn out of pure ignorance and with no malicious intent, but it doesn't change the fact that, like I said, the drawing is a racist caricature of a black man.

The fact that it's a cartoonish drawing of a black person does not make it inherently racist or a caricature even and if you understand there was no malicious intent on author's part how can you cry racism? When there's no other basis of discrimination being done in the manga. It was seemingly a wholesome scene where the black person portrayed as a family man invited the mc to a family dinner. How do you derive racism from just that? Just bcs you don't find a passing character drawn pretty to fit your romanticised view of what a black person is supposed to look like?

oh ur just genuinely stupid that’s unfortunate! anyways im black unlike u who can’t admit when something is insensitive and/or racist ! u don’t give a fuck abt black ppl clearly but hey thats a u problem ! free palestine and since u care so much spread awareness for congolese ppl who are current victims of genocide

people love to make anything about race these days and get offended when a black people is drawn. i get your point though, usually small brains make this about race when it wasnt even meant to be one ..

1. A caricature is just an exaggeration. A caricature is not inherently racist. A caricature becomes racist when it's exaggerating features that are tied to a persons race, usually to mock individuals of that ethnicity (as an example, black face is a racist caricature because it exaggerates the skin tone, lips and usually eyes of a black person to mock them). In this instance I'd say it's mostly the lips that makes it a racist caricature.

2. Racism caused by ignorance is still racism. The author not doing it with malicious intent just means that they probably weren't aware that what they draw is racist. Usually caused by the environment they grew up in. Which is also a problem. Educating people on why something is racist prevents these behaviours from being perpetuated further.

3. I haven't read the manga LMAO I just checked out the panel after seeing the comments, so I can't speak on there being any other racism in the story.

4. The dialogue of the scene has nothing to do with whether or not the art/design of the character is racist. Plenty of black characters are drawn poorly but written perfectly fine (I haven't watched One Piece so I could be wrong, but from what I've seen Usopp is a good example of this.)

5. Whether or not I find a character attractive is irrelevant. You can draw an ugly black character without it being racist.

I'll be fr rn, the drawing in this manga isn't the worst drawing of a black person I've ever seen, BUT that doesn't make it good. You can also acknowledge something has flaws while still enjoying it. No one is saying the entire manga is garbage because of 2 panels of a poorly drawn black man.

Oh so you’re just choosing to be ignorant?

Well said

A caricature is an exaggeration of a person's features in order to make a MOCKERY of them. How can you say that the author made a caricature of a black person if there is literally no making fun of/ or even any remarks made on the said features.

That to said, it's a very stupid looking drawing of a black person. I'll give you that. But it is not made for making fun of a black person's features. Just bcs something looks ugly or bad that doesn't make it personally vindictive to a racial community. FFS.

Black people are not untouchable or infallible. Stop putting them on a pedestal. They are people just like us and can look good and bad. It's simple as that.

Idk what you want me to do about that. My condolences?

Is it?

My god you're a fucking idiot yea black people can be ugly no one's denying that like you have to be a troll or something because no shot you're actually this dumb.

You were being so amicable in your responses too. But they just refuse to understand.