• raptir@lemdro.id
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    11 months ago

    It’s tricky because the data itself is going to be biased here. Think about it - even the video game is specifically called “Spider-Man Miles Morales” while the one with Peter Parker is just called “Spider-Man.”

    Katniss is actually a good example. I was not aware of the details, but the books apparently describe her as having “olive skin”. The problem though is that if you image search her all you get is Jennifer Lawrence.

    That said, Homer is yellow.

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      11 months ago

      Absolutely. There is only a single depiction of Homer and I agree that unless you specifically ask for a race bent Homer it shouldn’t do this. I was just pointing out that you can’t draw the line at “identifiable character” because clearly that’s also a problem. Maybe there is a better place to draw the line, or maybe it’s going to be problematic regardless of where is drawn, including not doing anything at all.

      I would say if you can’t do it right just do nothing at all, except as a white guy in a white biased world, that’s self-serving. I’m not the right person to say it’s fine to just let it be.