#Anime pins bigot cracker#
Dutch retorts that he wouldn't have wanted it anyway and that he sincerely hopes the old cracker "rots in hell". He explains that although (the African-American) Dutch is an "inferior race" and that he sincerely hopes "his kind" will one day be exterminated, he's still quite impressed that they managed to defeat the entire crew and that he'd award Dutch an Iron Cross if he was white. Black Lagoon has the old SS officer Albert complement Dutch with this after Dutch and Revy kill an entire shipload of neo-nazis who had failed him.Not surprisingly, given the bigoted context, this is often met with Your Approval Fills Me with Shame for a response. May be stated by someone Innocently Insensitive. Often the attitude of a Bigot with a Crush. Often plays a part in Condescending Compassion. Or even Boomerang Bigot, when the minority in question invokes this.
May lead to Some of My Best Friends Are X, wince-inducing as the combination of the two usually is.
And it can be a demonstration of Character Development where an out-an-out racist either changes their beliefs or becomes a little less racist.Ĭompare Flawless Token and Not Like Other Girls. Due to Values Dissonance, it can also be an indication that they are actually quite enlightened compared to where they come from.
It can certainly come with very charged implications, that the person has to earn respect for their people rather than be given basic respect as a matter of course. The reaction to this comment, both in universe and by the audience, can vary. Like every other cultural concept, this may be internalized, with an insecure character constantly worrying about being a credit to their own race (which is where Stop Being Stereotypical tends to come in). in which case, it's probably meant as a rare moment of generosity, and best to take it that way. In some cases, the comment comes from an already-established bigot, generally an unabashed one. They might well be an Innocent Bigot who sincerely has no idea that their beliefs are objectively invalid. It's often a good and memorable way for an audience to discover a character's belief in races, but more importantly, it showcases the speaker as being blunt, perhaps to the point of tactless, but well-meaning. The audience blinks, even if no-one on the show does. A character makes a maybe-bigoted, maybe-innocuous remark to the Token Minority, often in the form of a backhanded compliment.
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