This is such an odd thing to say…
Real
I genuinely confused on this comment? Like as a black person myself, what is the issue with a person of colour paired with a lighter skinned person. While I do agree that SOMETIMES there are stereotypes, I don’t see that much in well written stories and it also just makes no sense to type this under this manhwa anyways…
Dont let these fools gaslight you because you are 100% right. And it is fetishization. They fetishize brown skin and white skin tbh.
Yes but saying this here is just pointless, this manhwa is NOT doing that.
How is it odd? This story already has child marriage......and has hindu inspired deities but with arabic or mugal architecture, that already shows that no research has been done with respect to the two cultures. They've just created a blend for fun-sies, paying no respect to either. It is supposed to be historic and yet some characters wear more middle eastern clothing, whilst also dawning hindu elements, like bindi....
All of this is super on track with other similar manhwas that fetishize and exoticize the brown characters. Those other stories also show that the white character is more moral, civilized and sometimes describe the brown character as 'beastly' and have some made up condition that renders them temporarily like a beast or some shit. I'm just wary of this falling under the same category.
You mean the manhwa who combined hindu and Arab culture is not doing that ?????
This story isn't doing right by the culture it is adapting, it might not seem that deep to a person who is not from this culture. But, this feeds to the very real disrespect brown people face in real life. The culture keeps getting stolen and rebranded for outside audiance, it's just modern colonization. This story is already exoticizing it's characters by misrepresenting their culture.
This is not about this story in perticular, but it feels so odd to see so many stories with a person of colour being paired with a white person. Most of these stories fetishize brown culture and brown people....... Everytime I see a pairing like this, I just pray they aren't using common stereotypes and perpetuating debased ideologies of brown culture. I'm so sick of people saying it's not that deep. Why is it always with a white person too? Haven't we moved past the white saviour.
Anyway , I hope this is different..