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Deadlock Clock: Jul 15th 2012 at 11:59:00 PM
Spark9 Gentleman Troper! from Castle Wulfenbach Since: Nov, 2010 Relationship Status: Pining for the fjords
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#1: May 27th 2012 at 3:07:50 AM

The problem with this picture (a photoshopped movie poster) is that you can't see whether the character is an underprivileged minority. So it doesn't illustrate anything unless you happen to be already familiar with whatever movie it is parodying.

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#2: May 27th 2012 at 4:26:00 AM

The title on the poster and the footballer character's skin color kinda make it clear to me.

JapaneseTeeth Existence Weighed Against Nonbeing from Meinong's jungle Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Mu
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#3: May 27th 2012 at 12:48:19 PM

Yeah, the woman is obviously white, and the guy is obviously black. Not sure where the confusion is.

Although at the same time it doesn't exactly do a stellar job of demonstrating the trope. It's still Keep Until Better Image Suggested at worst, though.

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#4: May 27th 2012 at 8:26:50 PM

Keep Until Better Image Suggested

rodneyAnonymous Sophisticated as Hell from empty space Since: Aug, 2010
#5: May 27th 2012 at 8:30:07 PM

Agree: not great, not terrible.

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DoktorvonEurotrash Since: Jan, 2001
#6: May 28th 2012 at 1:03:13 AM

He's clearly black. Works for me.

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#8: Jul 16th 2012 at 6:15:02 AM

Clock's up; locking for inactivity/lack of consensus. No action is to be taken based on this thread.

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