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It\'s reasonable to conjecture that anime was influenced by Western cartoons, but saying that the art style was influenced by Western cartoons and saying that the art style appropriates \
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It\\\'s reasonable to conjecture that anime was influenced by Western cartoons, but saying that the art style was influenced by Western cartoons and saying that the art style appropriates \\\"white features\\\" are two completely separate concepts. Walt Disney designed his characters to emphasize neotenic features commonly found in mammals, not mimic Caucasian features.
Outside of your limited examples (Blonde/blue eyed characters), most people do not assume that anime characters generally look \\\"white\\\". I have discussed this topic with quite a few people in real life, and I have never encountered a non-Western person that believes that. And amongst non-white Westerners, the vast majority don\\\'t believe it either. Amongst white Westerners it varies quite a bit but there definitely is no unanimous opinion. And I\\\'ve found that out of those that DO initially think that, many of them realize it comes down to their own internal biases after an honest discussion (which is the point of the concluding sentence of the paragraph). It feels unnecessary to explain this because of how obvious it is, but if you were to compare any real white person to a generic anime character\\\'s face there would be no resemblance beyond the absolute basics (2 eyes, a mouth, etc).
I\\\'m not calling the current write-up a fringe opinion, as the conclusion it presents is completely different from the first sentence. But believing that anime characters look like actual white people (which the first sentence presupposes) is indeed a fringe opinion with no basis in reality.
The change could be as simple as adding a single word to the first sentence.
Change this:
\\\"The second is the idea that the artists are appropriating features from the exotic \\\"other\\\" (in this case white people) into their character designs either for their own interests or for marketing purposes.\\\"
To this:
\\\"The second is the idea that the artists are supposedly appropriating features from the exotic \\\"other\\\" (in this case white people) into their character designs either for their own interests or for marketing purposes.\\\"
This makes it clear that the paragraph is merely presenting a specific viewpoint, not presupposing the viewpoint is true. This is already what the paragraph is doing, but the way it is written doesn\\\'t make this clear until the last sentence. With this change, the intention and tone of the paragraph is consistent from the start.
Outside of your limited examples (Blonde/blue eyed characters), most people do not assume that anime characters generally look \\\"white\\\". I have discussed this topic with quite a few people in real life, and I have never encountered a non-Western person that believes that. And amongst non-white Westerners, the vast majority don\\\'t believe it either. Amongst white Westerners it varies quite a bit but there definitely is no unanimous opinion. And I\\\'ve found that out of those that DO initially think that, many of them realize it comes down to their own internal biases after an honest discussion (which is the point of the concluding sentence of the paragraph). It feels unnecessary to explain this because of how obvious it is, but if you were to compare any real white person to a generic anime character\\\'s face there would be no resemblance beyond the absolute basics (2 eyes, a mouth, etc).
I\\\'m not calling the current write-up a fringe opinion, as the conclusion it presents is completely different from the first sentence. But believing that anime characters look like actual white people (which the first sentence presupposes) is indeed a fringe opinion with no basis in reality.
The change could be as simple as adding a single word to the first sentence.
Change this:
\\\"The second is the idea that the artists are appropriating features from the exotic \\\"other\\\" (in this case white people) into their character designs either for their own interests or for marketing purposes.\\\"
To this:
\\\"The second is the idea that the artists are supposedly appropriating features from the exotic \\\"other\\\" (in this case white people) into their character designs either for their own interests or for marketing purposes.\\\"
This makes it clear that the paragraph is merely presenting a specific viewpoint, not presupposing the viewpoint is true. This is already what the paragraph is doing, but the way it is written doesn\\\'t make this clear until the last sentence. With this change, the intention and tone of the paragraph is consistent from the start.
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It\'s reasonable to conjecture that anime was influenced by Western cartoons, but saying that the art style was influenced by Western cartoons and saying that the art style appropriates \
to:
It\\\'s reasonable to conjecture that anime was influenced by Western cartoons, but saying that the art style was influenced by Western cartoons and saying that the art style appropriates \\\"white features\\\" are two completely separate concepts. Walt Disney designed his characters to emphasize neotenic features commonly found in mammals, not mimic Caucasian features.
Outside of your limited examples (Blonde/blue eyed characters), most people do not assume that anime characters generally look \\\"white\\\". I have discussed this topic with quite a few people in real life, and I have never encountered a non-Western person that believes that. And amongst non-white Westerners, the vast majority don\\\'t believe it either. Amongst white Westerners it varies quite a bit but there definitely is no unanimous opinion. And I\\\'ve found that out of those that DO initially think that, many of them realize it comes down to their own internal biases after an honest discussion (which is the point of the concluding sentence of the paragraph). It feels unnecessary to explain this because of how obvious it is, but if you were to compare any real white person to a generic anime character\\\'s face there would be no resemblance beyond the absolute basics (2 eyes, a mouth, etc).
I\\\'m not calling the current write-up a fringe opinion, as the conclusion it presents is completely different. But believing that anime characters look like actual white people (which the first sentence presupposes) is indeed a fringe opinion with no basis in reality.
The change could be as simple as adding a single word to the first sentence.
Change this:
\\\"The second is the idea that the artists are appropriating features from the exotic \\\"other\\\" (in this case white people) into their character designs either for their own interests or for marketing purposes.\\\"
To this:
\\\"The second is the idea that the artists are supposedly appropriating features from the exotic \\\"other\\\" (in this case white people) into their character designs either for their own interests or for marketing purposes.\\\"
This makes it clear that the paragraph is merely presenting a specific viewpoint, not presupposing the viewpoint is true. This is already what the paragraph is doing, but the way it is written doesn\\\'t make this clear until the last sentence. With this change, the intention and tone of the paragraph is consistent from the start.
Outside of your limited examples (Blonde/blue eyed characters), most people do not assume that anime characters generally look \\\"white\\\". I have discussed this topic with quite a few people in real life, and I have never encountered a non-Western person that believes that. And amongst non-white Westerners, the vast majority don\\\'t believe it either. Amongst white Westerners it varies quite a bit but there definitely is no unanimous opinion. And I\\\'ve found that out of those that DO initially think that, many of them realize it comes down to their own internal biases after an honest discussion (which is the point of the concluding sentence of the paragraph). It feels unnecessary to explain this because of how obvious it is, but if you were to compare any real white person to a generic anime character\\\'s face there would be no resemblance beyond the absolute basics (2 eyes, a mouth, etc).
I\\\'m not calling the current write-up a fringe opinion, as the conclusion it presents is completely different. But believing that anime characters look like actual white people (which the first sentence presupposes) is indeed a fringe opinion with no basis in reality.
The change could be as simple as adding a single word to the first sentence.
Change this:
\\\"The second is the idea that the artists are appropriating features from the exotic \\\"other\\\" (in this case white people) into their character designs either for their own interests or for marketing purposes.\\\"
To this:
\\\"The second is the idea that the artists are supposedly appropriating features from the exotic \\\"other\\\" (in this case white people) into their character designs either for their own interests or for marketing purposes.\\\"
This makes it clear that the paragraph is merely presenting a specific viewpoint, not presupposing the viewpoint is true. This is already what the paragraph is doing, but the way it is written doesn\\\'t make this clear until the last sentence. With this change, the intention and tone of the paragraph is consistent from the start.
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Outside of your limited examples (Blonde/blue eyed characters), most people do not assume that anime characters generally look \
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It\\\'s reasonable to conjecture that anime was influenced by Western cartoons, but saying that the art style was influenced by Western cartoons and saying that the art style appropriates \\\"white features\\\" are two completely separate concepts. Walt Disney designed his characters to emphasize neotenic features commonly found in mammals, not mimic Caucasian features.
Outside of your limited examples (Blonde/blue eyed characters), most people do not assume that anime characters generally look \\\"white\\\". I have discussed this topic with quite a few people in real life, and I have never encountered a non-Western person that believes that. And amongst non-white Westerners, the vast majority don\\\'t believe it either. Amongst white Westerners it varies quite a bit but there definitely is no unanimous opinion. And I\\\'ve found that out of those that DO initially think that, many of them realize it comes down to their own internal biases after an honest discussion (which is the point of the concluding sentence of the paragraph). It feels unnecessary to explain this because of how obvious it is, but if you were to compare any real white person to a generic anime character\\\'s face there would be no resemblance beyond the absolute basics (2 eyes, a mouth, etc).
I\\\'m not calling the current write-up a fringe opinion, as the conclusion it presents is completely different. But believing that anime characters look like actual white people (which the first sentence presupposes) is indeed a fringe opinion with no basis in reality.
The change could be as simple as adding a few words to the first sentence.
Change this:
\\\"The second is the idea that the artists are appropriating features from the exotic \\\"other\\\" (in this case white people) into their character designs either for their own interests or for marketing purposes.\\\"
To this:
\\\"The second is the idea that the artists are appropriating features that supposedly belong to an exotic \\\"other\\\" (in this case white people) into their character designs either for their own interests or for marketing purposes.\\\"
This makes it clear that the paragraph is merely presenting a specific viewpoint, not presupposing the viewpoint is true. This is already what the paragraph is doing, but the way it is written doesn\\\'t make this clear until the last sentence. With this change, the intention and tone of the paragraph is consistent from the start.
Outside of your limited examples (Blonde/blue eyed characters), most people do not assume that anime characters generally look \\\"white\\\". I have discussed this topic with quite a few people in real life, and I have never encountered a non-Western person that believes that. And amongst non-white Westerners, the vast majority don\\\'t believe it either. Amongst white Westerners it varies quite a bit but there definitely is no unanimous opinion. And I\\\'ve found that out of those that DO initially think that, many of them realize it comes down to their own internal biases after an honest discussion (which is the point of the concluding sentence of the paragraph). It feels unnecessary to explain this because of how obvious it is, but if you were to compare any real white person to a generic anime character\\\'s face there would be no resemblance beyond the absolute basics (2 eyes, a mouth, etc).
I\\\'m not calling the current write-up a fringe opinion, as the conclusion it presents is completely different. But believing that anime characters look like actual white people (which the first sentence presupposes) is indeed a fringe opinion with no basis in reality.
The change could be as simple as adding a few words to the first sentence.
Change this:
\\\"The second is the idea that the artists are appropriating features from the exotic \\\"other\\\" (in this case white people) into their character designs either for their own interests or for marketing purposes.\\\"
To this:
\\\"The second is the idea that the artists are appropriating features that supposedly belong to an exotic \\\"other\\\" (in this case white people) into their character designs either for their own interests or for marketing purposes.\\\"
This makes it clear that the paragraph is merely presenting a specific viewpoint, not presupposing the viewpoint is true. This is already what the paragraph is doing, but the way it is written doesn\\\'t make this clear until the last sentence. With this change, the intention and tone of the paragraph is consistent from the start.
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Outside of your limited examples (Blonde/blue eyed characters), most people do not assume that anime characters generally look \
to:
Outside of your limited examples (Blonde/blue eyed characters), most people do not assume that anime characters generally look \\\"white\\\". I have discussed this topic with quite a few people in real life, and I have never encountered a non-Western person that believes that. And amongst non-white Westerners, the vast majority don\\\'t believe it either. Amongst white Westerners it varies quite a bit but there definitely is no unanimous opinion. And I\\\'ve found that out of those that DO initially think that, many of them realize it comes down to their own internal biases after an honest discussion (which is the point of the concluding sentence of the paragraph). It feels unnecessary to explain this because of how obvious it is, but if you were to compare any real white person to a generic anime character\\\'s face there would be no resemblance beyond the absolute basics (2 eyes, a mouth, etc).
So yes, believing that anime characters in general look white (NOT Naruto specifically) is a far from majority opinion with little basis in reality. And as the paragraph already explains, this is due to cultural biases specific to SOME people. Far from the majority, even in the West.
It\\\'s reasonable to conjecture that anime was influenced by Western cartoons, but saying that the art style was influenced by Western cartoons and saying that the art style appropriates \\\"white features\\\" are two completely separate concepts. Walt Disney designed his characters to emphasize neotenic features commonly found in mammals, not mimic Caucasian features.
The change could be as simple as adding a few words to the first sentence.
Change this:
\\\"The second is the idea that the artists are appropriating features from the exotic \\\"other\\\" (in this case white people) into their character designs either for their own interests or for marketing purposes.\\\"
To this:
\\\"The second is the idea that the artists are appropriating features that supposedly belong to an exotic \\\"other\\\" (in this case white people) into their character designs either for their own interests or for marketing purposes.\\\"
This makes it clear that the paragraph is merely presenting a specific viewpoint, not presupposing the viewpoint is true. This is already what the paragraph is doing, but the way it is written doesn\\\'t make this clear until the last sentence. With this change, the intention and tone of the paragraph is consistent from the start.
So yes, believing that anime characters in general look white (NOT Naruto specifically) is a far from majority opinion with little basis in reality. And as the paragraph already explains, this is due to cultural biases specific to SOME people. Far from the majority, even in the West.
It\\\'s reasonable to conjecture that anime was influenced by Western cartoons, but saying that the art style was influenced by Western cartoons and saying that the art style appropriates \\\"white features\\\" are two completely separate concepts. Walt Disney designed his characters to emphasize neotenic features commonly found in mammals, not mimic Caucasian features.
The change could be as simple as adding a few words to the first sentence.
Change this:
\\\"The second is the idea that the artists are appropriating features from the exotic \\\"other\\\" (in this case white people) into their character designs either for their own interests or for marketing purposes.\\\"
To this:
\\\"The second is the idea that the artists are appropriating features that supposedly belong to an exotic \\\"other\\\" (in this case white people) into their character designs either for their own interests or for marketing purposes.\\\"
This makes it clear that the paragraph is merely presenting a specific viewpoint, not presupposing the viewpoint is true. This is already what the paragraph is doing, but the way it is written doesn\\\'t make this clear until the last sentence. With this change, the intention and tone of the paragraph is consistent from the start.
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Outside of your limited examples (Blonde/blue eyed characters), most people do not assume that anime characters generally look \
to:
Outside of your limited examples (Blonde/blue eyed characters), most people do not assume that anime characters generally look \\\"white\\\". I have discussed this topic with quite a few people in real life, and I have never encountered a non-Western person that believes that. And amongst non-white Westerners, the vast majority don\\\'t believe it either. Amongst white Westerners it varies quite a bit but there definitely is no unanimous opinion. And I\\\'ve found that out of those that DO initially think that, many of them realize it comes down to their own internal biases after an honest discussion (which is the point of the concluding sentence of the paragraph). It feels unnecessary to explain this because of how obvious it is, but if you were to compare any real white person to a generic anime character\\\'s face there would be no resemblance beyond the absolute basics (2 eyes, a mouth, etc).
So yes, believing that anime characters in general look white (NOT Naruto specifically) is a fringe opinion with little basis in reality. And as the paragraph already explains, this is due to cultural biases specific to SOME people. Far from the majority, even in the West.
It\\\'s reasonable to conjecture that anime was influenced by Western cartoons, but saying that the art style was influenced by Western cartoons and saying that the art style appropriates \\\"white features\\\" are two completely separate concepts. Walt Disney designed his characters to emphasize neotenic features commonly found in mammals, not mimic Caucasian features.
The change could be as simple as adding a few words to the first sentence.
Change this:
\\\"The second is the idea that the artists are appropriating features from the exotic \\\"other\\\" (in this case white people) into their character designs either for their own interests or for marketing purposes.\\\"
To this:
\\\"The second is the idea that the artists are appropriating features that supposedly belong to an exotic \\\"other\\\" (in this case white people) into their character designs either for their own interests or for marketing purposes.\\\"
This makes it clear that the paragraph is merely presenting a specific viewpoint, not presupposing the viewpoint is true. This is already what the paragraph is doing, but the way it is written doesn\\\'t make this clear until the last sentence. With this change, the intention and tone of the paragraph is consistent from the start.
So yes, believing that anime characters in general look white (NOT Naruto specifically) is a fringe opinion with little basis in reality. And as the paragraph already explains, this is due to cultural biases specific to SOME people. Far from the majority, even in the West.
It\\\'s reasonable to conjecture that anime was influenced by Western cartoons, but saying that the art style was influenced by Western cartoons and saying that the art style appropriates \\\"white features\\\" are two completely separate concepts. Walt Disney designed his characters to emphasize neotenic features commonly found in mammals, not mimic Caucasian features.
The change could be as simple as adding a few words to the first sentence.
Change this:
\\\"The second is the idea that the artists are appropriating features from the exotic \\\"other\\\" (in this case white people) into their character designs either for their own interests or for marketing purposes.\\\"
To this:
\\\"The second is the idea that the artists are appropriating features that supposedly belong to an exotic \\\"other\\\" (in this case white people) into their character designs either for their own interests or for marketing purposes.\\\"
This makes it clear that the paragraph is merely presenting a specific viewpoint, not presupposing the viewpoint is true. This is already what the paragraph is doing, but the way it is written doesn\\\'t make this clear until the last sentence. With this change, the intention and tone of the paragraph is consistent from the start.
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Outside of your limited examples (Blonde/blue eyed characters), most people do not assume that anime characters generally look \
to:
Outside of your limited examples (Blonde/blue eyed characters), most people do not assume that anime characters generally look \\\"white\\\". I have discussed this topic with quite a few people in real life, and I have never encountered a non-Western person that believes that. And amongst non-white Westerners, the vast majority don\\\'t believe it either. Amongst white Westerners it varies quite a bit but there definitely is no unanimous opinion. And I\\\'ve found that out of those that DO initially think that, many of them realize it comes down to their own internal biases after an honest discussion (which is the point of the concluding sentence of the paragraph). It feels unnecessary to explain this because of how obvious it is, but if you were to compare any real white person to a generic anime character\\\'s face there would be no resemblance beyond the absolute basics (2 eyes, a mouth, etc).
So yes, believing that anime characters in general look white (NOT Naruto specifically) is a fringe opinion with little basis in reality. And as the paragraph already explains, this is due to cultural biases specific to SOME people. Far from the majority, even in the West.
It\\\'s reasonable to conjecture that anime was influenced by Western cartoons, but saying that the art style was influenced by Western cartoons and saying that the art style appropriates \\\"white features\\\" are two completely separate concepts. Walt Disney designed his characters to maximize neotenic features commonly found in mammals, not mimic Caucasian features.
The change could be as simple as adding a few words to the first sentence.
Change this:
\\\"The second is the idea that the artists are appropriating features from the exotic \\\"other\\\" (in this case white people) into their character designs either for their own interests or for marketing purposes.\\\"
To this:
\\\"The second is the idea that the artists are appropriating features that supposedly belong to an exotic \\\"other\\\" (in this case white people) into their character designs either for their own interests or for marketing purposes.\\\"
This makes it clear that the paragraph is merely presenting a specific viewpoint, not presupposing the viewpoint is true. This is already what the paragraph is doing, but the way it is written doesn\\\'t make this clear until the last sentence. With this change, the intention and tone of the paragraph is consistent from the start.
So yes, believing that anime characters in general look white (NOT Naruto specifically) is a fringe opinion with little basis in reality. And as the paragraph already explains, this is due to cultural biases specific to SOME people. Far from the majority, even in the West.
It\\\'s reasonable to conjecture that anime was influenced by Western cartoons, but saying that the art style was influenced by Western cartoons and saying that the art style appropriates \\\"white features\\\" are two completely separate concepts. Walt Disney designed his characters to maximize neotenic features commonly found in mammals, not mimic Caucasian features.
The change could be as simple as adding a few words to the first sentence.
Change this:
\\\"The second is the idea that the artists are appropriating features from the exotic \\\"other\\\" (in this case white people) into their character designs either for their own interests or for marketing purposes.\\\"
To this:
\\\"The second is the idea that the artists are appropriating features that supposedly belong to an exotic \\\"other\\\" (in this case white people) into their character designs either for their own interests or for marketing purposes.\\\"
This makes it clear that the paragraph is merely presenting a specific viewpoint, not presupposing the viewpoint is true. This is already what the paragraph is doing, but the way it is written doesn\\\'t make this clear until the last sentence. With this change, the intention and tone of the paragraph is consistent from the start.
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Outside of your limited examples (Blonde/blue eyed characters), most people do not assume that anime characters generally look \
to:
Outside of your limited examples (Blonde/blue eyed characters), most people do not assume that anime characters generally look \\\"white\\\". I have discussed this topic with quite a few people in real life, and I have never encountered a non-Western person that believes that. And amongst non-white Westerners, the vast majority don\\\'t believe it either. Amongst white Westerners it varies quite a bit but there definitely is no unanimous opinion. And I\\\'ve found that out of those that DO initially think that, many of them realize it comes down to their own internal biases after an honest discussion (which is the point of the concluding sentence of the paragraph). It feels unnecessary to explain this because of how obvious it is, but if you were to compare any real white person to a generic anime character\\\'s face there would be no resemblance beyond the absolute basics (2 eyes, a mouth, etc).
So yes, believing that anime characters in general look white (NOT Naruto specifically) is a fringe opinion with little basis in reality. And as the paragraph already explains, this is due to cultural biases specific to SOME people. Far from the majority, even in the West.
Saying that the art style was influenced by Western cartoons and saying that the art style appropriates \\\"white features\\\" are two completely separate concepts. Walt Disney designed his characters to maximize neotenic features commonly found in mammals, not mimic Caucasian features.
The change could be as simple as adding a few words to the first sentence.
Change this:
\\\"The second is the idea that the artists are appropriating features from the exotic \\\"other\\\" (in this case white people) into their character designs either for their own interests or for marketing purposes.\\\"
To this:
\\\"The second is the idea that the artists are appropriating features that supposedly belong to an exotic \\\"other\\\" (in this case white people) into their character designs either for their own interests or for marketing purposes.\\\"
This makes it clear that the paragraph is merely presenting a specific viewpoint, not presupposing the viewpoint is true. This is already what the paragraph is doing, but the way it is written doesn\\\'t make this clear until the last sentence. With this change, the intention and tone of the paragraph is consistent from the start.
So yes, believing that anime characters in general look white (NOT Naruto specifically) is a fringe opinion with little basis in reality. And as the paragraph already explains, this is due to cultural biases specific to SOME people. Far from the majority, even in the West.
Saying that the art style was influenced by Western cartoons and saying that the art style appropriates \\\"white features\\\" are two completely separate concepts. Walt Disney designed his characters to maximize neotenic features commonly found in mammals, not mimic Caucasian features.
The change could be as simple as adding a few words to the first sentence.
Change this:
\\\"The second is the idea that the artists are appropriating features from the exotic \\\"other\\\" (in this case white people) into their character designs either for their own interests or for marketing purposes.\\\"
To this:
\\\"The second is the idea that the artists are appropriating features that supposedly belong to an exotic \\\"other\\\" (in this case white people) into their character designs either for their own interests or for marketing purposes.\\\"
This makes it clear that the paragraph is merely presenting a specific viewpoint, not presupposing the viewpoint is true. This is already what the paragraph is doing, but the way it is written doesn\\\'t make this clear until the last sentence. With this change, the intention and tone of the paragraph is consistent from the start.
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Outside of your limited examples (Naruto etc), most people do not assume that anime characters generally look \
to:
Outside of your limited examples (Blonde/blue eyed characters), most people do not assume that anime characters generally look \\\"white\\\". I have discussed this topic with quite a few people in real life, and I have never encountered a non-Western person that believes that. And amongst non-white Westerners, the vast majority don\\\'t believe it either. Amongst white Westerners it varies quite a bit but there definitely is no unanimous opinion. And I\\\'ve found that out of those that DO initially think that, many of them realize it comes down to their own internal biases after an honest discussion (which is the point of the concluding sentence of the paragraph). It feels unnecessary to explain this because of how obvious it is, but if you were to compare any real white person to a generic anime character\\\'s face there would obviously be no resemblance beyond the absolute basics (2 eyes, a mouth, etc).
So yes, believing that anime characters in general look white (NOT Naruto specifically) is a fringe opinion with little basis in reality. And as the paragraph already explains, this is due to cultural biases specific to SOME people. Far from the majority, even in the West.
Saying that the art style was influenced by Western cartoons and saying that the art style appropriates \\\"white features\\\" are two completely separate concepts. Walt Disney designed his characters to maximize neotenic features commonly found in mammals, not mimic Caucasian features.
The change could be as simple as adding a few words to the first sentence.
Change this:
\\\"The second is the idea that the artists are appropriating features from the exotic \\\"other\\\" (in this case white people) into their character designs either for their own interests or for marketing purposes.\\\"
To this:
\\\"The second is the idea that the artists are appropriating features that supposedly belong to an exotic \\\"other\\\" (in this case white people) into their character designs either for their own interests or for marketing purposes.\\\"
This makes it clear that the paragraph is merely presenting a specific viewpoint, not presupposing the viewpoint is true. This is already what the paragraph is doing, but the way it is written doesn\\\'t make this clear until the last sentence. With this change, the intention and tone of the paragraph is consistent from the start.
So yes, believing that anime characters in general look white (NOT Naruto specifically) is a fringe opinion with little basis in reality. And as the paragraph already explains, this is due to cultural biases specific to SOME people. Far from the majority, even in the West.
Saying that the art style was influenced by Western cartoons and saying that the art style appropriates \\\"white features\\\" are two completely separate concepts. Walt Disney designed his characters to maximize neotenic features commonly found in mammals, not mimic Caucasian features.
The change could be as simple as adding a few words to the first sentence.
Change this:
\\\"The second is the idea that the artists are appropriating features from the exotic \\\"other\\\" (in this case white people) into their character designs either for their own interests or for marketing purposes.\\\"
To this:
\\\"The second is the idea that the artists are appropriating features that supposedly belong to an exotic \\\"other\\\" (in this case white people) into their character designs either for their own interests or for marketing purposes.\\\"
This makes it clear that the paragraph is merely presenting a specific viewpoint, not presupposing the viewpoint is true. This is already what the paragraph is doing, but the way it is written doesn\\\'t make this clear until the last sentence. With this change, the intention and tone of the paragraph is consistent from the start.
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Outside of your limited examples (Naruto etc), most people do not assume that anime characters generally look \
to:
Outside of your limited examples (Naruto etc), most people do not assume that anime characters generally look \\\"white\\\". I have discussed this topic with quite a few people in real life, and I have never encountered a non-Western person that believes that. And amongst non-white Westerners, the vast majority don\\\'t believe it either. Amongst white Westerners it varies quite a bit but there definitely is no unanimous opinion. And I\\\'ve found that out of those that DO initially think that, many of them realize it comes down to their own internal biases after an honest discussion (which is the point of the concluding sentence of the paragraph). It feels unnecessary to explain this because of how obvious it is, but if you were to compare any real white person to a generic anime character\\\'s face there would obviously be no resemblance beyond the absolute basics (2 eyes, a mouth, etc).
So yes, believing that anime characters in general look white (NOT Naruto specifically) is a fringe opinion with little basis in reality. And as the paragraph already explains, this is due to cultural biases specific to SOME people. Far from the majority, even in the West.
Saying that the art style was influenced by Western cartoons and saying that the art style appropriates \\\"white features\\\" are two completely separate concepts. Walt Disney designed his characters to maximize neotenic features commonly found in mammals, not mimic Caucasian features.
The change could be as simple as adding a few words to the first sentence.
Change this:
\\\"The second is the idea that the artists are appropriating features from the exotic \\\"other\\\" (in this case white people) into their character designs either for their own interests or for marketing purposes.\\\"
To this:
\\\"The second is the idea that the artists are appropriating features that supposedly belong to an exotic \\\"other\\\" (in this case white people) into their character designs either for their own interests or for marketing purposes.\\\"
This makes it clear that the paragraph is merely presenting a specific viewpoint, not presupposing the viewpoint is true. This is already what the paragraph is doing, but the way it is written doesn\\\'t make this clear until the last sentence. With this change, the intention and tone of the paragraph is consistent from the start.
So yes, believing that anime characters in general look white (NOT Naruto specifically) is a fringe opinion with little basis in reality. And as the paragraph already explains, this is due to cultural biases specific to SOME people. Far from the majority, even in the West.
Saying that the art style was influenced by Western cartoons and saying that the art style appropriates \\\"white features\\\" are two completely separate concepts. Walt Disney designed his characters to maximize neotenic features commonly found in mammals, not mimic Caucasian features.
The change could be as simple as adding a few words to the first sentence.
Change this:
\\\"The second is the idea that the artists are appropriating features from the exotic \\\"other\\\" (in this case white people) into their character designs either for their own interests or for marketing purposes.\\\"
To this:
\\\"The second is the idea that the artists are appropriating features that supposedly belong to an exotic \\\"other\\\" (in this case white people) into their character designs either for their own interests or for marketing purposes.\\\"
This makes it clear that the paragraph is merely presenting a specific viewpoint, not presupposing the viewpoint is true. This is already what the paragraph is doing, but the way it is written doesn\\\'t make this clear until the last sentence. With this change, the intention and tone of the paragraph is consistent from the start.
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Outside of your limited examples (Naruto etc), most people do not assume that anime characters generally look \
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Outside of your limited examples (Naruto etc), most people do not assume that anime characters generally look \\\"white\\\". I have discussed this topic with quite a few people in real life, and I have never encountered a non-Western person that believes that. And amongst non-white Westerners, the vast majority don\\\'t believe it either. Amongst white Westerners it varies quite a bit but there definitely is no unanimous opinion. And I\\\'ve found that out of those that DO initially think that, many of them realize it comes down to their own internal biases after an honest discussion (which is the point of the concluding sentence of the paragraph). It feels unnecessary to explain this because of how obvious it is, but if you were to compare any real white person to a generic anime character\\\'s face there would obviously be no resemblance beyond the absolute basics (2 eyes, a mouth, etc).
So yes, believing that anime characters in general look white (NOT Naruto specifically) is a fringe opinion with little basis in reality. As the paragraph already explains, this is due to cultural biases specific to SOME people. Far from the majority, even in the West.
Saying that the art style was influenced by Western cartoons and saying that the art style appropriates \\\"white features\\\" are two completely separate concepts. Walt Disney designed his characters to maximize neotenic features commonly found in mammals, not mimic Caucasian features.
The change could be as simple as adding a few words to the first sentence.
Change this:
\\\"The second is the idea that the artists are appropriating features from the exotic \\\"other\\\" (in this case white people) into their character designs either for their own interests or for marketing purposes.\\\"
To this:
\\\"The second is the idea that the artists are appropriating features that supposedly belong to an exotic \\\"other\\\" (in this case white people) into their character designs either for their own interests or for marketing purposes.\\\"
This makes it clear that the paragraph is merely presenting a specific viewpoint, not presupposing the viewpoint is true. This is already what the paragraph is doing, but the way it is written doesn\\\'t make this clear until the last sentence. With this change, the intention and tone of the paragraph is consistent from the start.
So yes, believing that anime characters in general look white (NOT Naruto specifically) is a fringe opinion with little basis in reality. As the paragraph already explains, this is due to cultural biases specific to SOME people. Far from the majority, even in the West.
Saying that the art style was influenced by Western cartoons and saying that the art style appropriates \\\"white features\\\" are two completely separate concepts. Walt Disney designed his characters to maximize neotenic features commonly found in mammals, not mimic Caucasian features.
The change could be as simple as adding a few words to the first sentence.
Change this:
\\\"The second is the idea that the artists are appropriating features from the exotic \\\"other\\\" (in this case white people) into their character designs either for their own interests or for marketing purposes.\\\"
To this:
\\\"The second is the idea that the artists are appropriating features that supposedly belong to an exotic \\\"other\\\" (in this case white people) into their character designs either for their own interests or for marketing purposes.\\\"
This makes it clear that the paragraph is merely presenting a specific viewpoint, not presupposing the viewpoint is true. This is already what the paragraph is doing, but the way it is written doesn\\\'t make this clear until the last sentence. With this change, the intention and tone of the paragraph is consistent from the start.
