cheshireinthemiddle:

tamhonks:

tamhonks: dasha-loses-it: transsexual-privilege: salty-nigga-senpai: black-to-the-bones: Thought you might like it. “Underrepresented POC, which is anyone not pale…so no Asians, you get nothing.

Also Boondocks is anime confirmed. Proof that by “POC” they actually just mean black people So just say black people and stop pretending like you care about other people who aren’t white Also anime is japanese and most of the characters are supposed to be japanese and japanese are “POC” Not to mention, like, half these characters are Okinawan or supposed to look like they’re from Okinawa, which makes them tanned Asians, not black. This post finally made it’s way across my dash again and it’s bothered me for a while because of how easily people (particularly Americans) mistake tanned/dark anime characters for black. Michiko Malandro = She’s probably mixed with some African ancestry like many Brazilians are Yoruichi Shihoin = most likely south-asian Kaname Tosen = yes Karui and Omoi = N/A (dark skin doesn’t always mean black jsyk) Afro-Samurai = For sure Canary = yes Uub = Unknown; people speculate he’s of Indian descent April = yes Darui = N/A (again, dark skin doesn’t always mean black) Miyuki Ayukawa = yes (the creator’s words: “When creating Miyuki, I thought it would be obvious that she was African-American. The dreads should have been a dead giveaway.”) Anthy Himemiya = Indian; probably Tamil (notice her forehead) Mila Rose = N/A Atsuko Jackson = yes; she’s afro-Brazilian and Amerindian The Boondocks = is not even anime???



Nathan Seymour = yes



Alex and Galahad = N/A

Anyways here are some more anime characters below which are ALL of African descent; they aren’t too hard to find tbh; you don’t need to take racially ambiguous darker-skinned characters and label them as black:

Shinobu (Scarlet Jacobs) from No More Heroes

Bob Makihara from Tenjho Tenge

Kilik Lunge from Soul Eater

Hilda and Matthieu from Eureka 7 (surprised OP missed them)

Claudia Grant from Robotech

Coffee from Cowboy Bebop (there’s a lot of black characters in this particular anime/manga)

Gereta from Hunter x Hunter

Aloe from Pokemon Best Wishes

Bowie Grant from Robotech Southern Cross





Another example of Schrodingers “POC”

The most represented race in anime is Asian by far. But Asians only count as “poc” (racist term) when it is convenient.

Asians, and specifically Japanese people are “overrepresented” in anime because because they make up the vast majority of Japan and most stories and creators are Japanese.

Black people for instance make up less than 0.5% of the population. So one black character out of 200 is “proper representation”. As black people in anime are more prevalent than that, black people are actually overrepresented in anime. Bleach for instance has maybe 100 established human or human like characters, and at least 2 are black. Which is overrepresentation. That’s how scarce black citizens are.

The only acceptions are anime not made in Japan (which are in the vast minority). In which case “proper representation” would depend on where it is made and where the story takes place. You cant be angry that a story set in Japan doesnt have as many black people in it as in New York City or your specific non-Japanese neighborhood. Youre asking too much.

Don’t like that? Then make your own anime. Support those that already exist. Plenty of “poc” (which apparently does not include Asians) have gone to Japan and made anime where “poc” (non asians) are overrepresented in the story. Japanese animators have no obligation to adhere to or represent the demographics of every other country. You can be happy that some “poc” are there, but dont shame Japanese animators or make them look bad for not catering to your specific tastes.