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im not gonna lie, she looks like a walking stereotype.
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If I may weigh in here...
Yeah, looks like a stereotype. And yeah, so do the artist's other depictions of black people; the Black Power dude comes complete with hepatitis, or at least STDs are what caused jaundice in the eyes of countless black men I saw in Brussel's redlight district. Black guy with what looks like an STD, fat black woman with McDonald's, yeah, it smacks of stereotype. I do cringe at the Giraffe Girl, to be honest.
On the other hand, the gallery is full of other stereotypes as well. What's a sexy woman? Blonde with big tits and lots of makeup. I love this artist's style and work, they're a lot of fun to look at, but there are clearly cultural and racial stereotypes here.
The artist's location is irrelevant. I have spent exactly 4 days of my life in america and am sensitive to the race issues there. With the internet, education and knowledge are free and freely accessible, so not knowing that stereotyping a race is insensitive, is a sheer impossibility for any adult with internet access.
Lastly, giving the artist the benefit of the doubt, I want to say that even with there being a stereotype, there is a total possibility of the desire to simply depict a person who happens to be black and fat with fast food. I created a sassy fat black woman for a book, not because I want a stereotype, but because I think black women are beautiful, fat women are underrepresented, and sassy is a must. When you don't intend to stereotype, is it still a stereotype? Some black people simply are fat and simply do like McDonald's, and if any depiction of such a combination is a racist act of stereotyping, then doesn't that also kind of work backwards? Like, tell the fat black woman with the fast food to stay out of the picture lest she be seen as a stereotype?
I see both sides here. I absolutely see where blacktherabbit is coming from and can't say I disagree. But I can also see how there can be a completely innocent explanation for the image. Unlike Giraffe Girl, seriously.
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thanks, you totally got where i was coming from.
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You're from america, aren't you? You gotta understand something about DeviantART (and the internet in general, really). This is an INTERNATIONAL site. People from all sorts of races and cultures post art here. In the the case of mendigo-amigo here, he is from Brazil. Why is that important?
Because other countries don't have the same history of slavery, black oppression, civil rights movements that america has. It may seem racist and insensitive to you to portray black woman like this, but it's not in other countries. Being ultra-sensitive about portrayals of race is an american culture thing, NOT a worldwide thing. In Cuba, for example, they have no racial segregation between blacks and whites, and they look at you with glazed, confused expressions when you bring up the subject of black-white cultural unrest. Meanwhile in countries like China and Japan, which are very closed off from other countries and cultures, it is perfectly normal and acceptable to portray blatant stereotypes.
My point is, you can't expect people who are not from america to adhere to your county's philosophies on race, or to be ultra-sensitive about the portrayal of black people.
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I agree with what your saying, however being black I face a lot of discrimination in America so I do think it's understandable if I react to things a certain way that may seem ultra sensitive to you. Thanks!
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...what? how? by being curvaceous? jeans, hoodies, and brown purses are pretty commonplace in all races.
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if you look through this artist's gallery the only other representation he has of black women is one of a "giraffe girl" and it is an African woman with many rings on her neck. now this would be fine if she was not referred to as a wild animal (giraffe) and the only other representation of black women is this large women with hoop earrings. this would not be a problem if they represented black women more in their artworks.
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If you look through the artist's gallery you'll notice that caricature and exaggerated proportions are common to the artist's style, it doesn't have to do with race...you're just looking to pick a fight.
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im not that's just what i thought when i looked at this picture the name of it is black women so race does have some part to play, im just voicing my opinion.
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that is the legitimate name and it's a tradition. They are called giraffe woman not because of race, but because of the rings creating the effect of a long neck as a sign of attraction.
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well i will admit i was uninformed that that was the name so i am sorry for that, next time ill be sure i get my facts straight before commenting on social media.
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no problem my friend, but I can easily see where the confusion can come from
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What are you even going on about? lol
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yeahh, no. just because he doesn't draw a lot of black women doesn't mean this piece of stereotypical, you snob. not everyone who chooses to not draw a lot of a specific race is racist, go back to tumblr with your overly dumbass "racial-awareness" bullshit.
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thank you for lightening up my day with insults like snob and dumbass unfortunately i will not be giving yo the same treatment, have a nice day.
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that's not true.
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still, I couldn't care less about stereotypes. I think they are very usefull on cartoons and stuff like that. They get the massage across faster because they are so common place.
still, thanks for the comments. cheers
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well the name black woman gave me an impression that this was your view on black women in general, im glad thats not the case, good day.
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