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mechawolfie · 3 years

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why is it that in every date sim/visual novel i’ve come across that even dares to let you romance a black person it’s just. the same black guy. like he’s always smart, rich, and “articulate”. and they all wear sweater vests. like i feel like i should be offended

#dating sim #visual novel #fictif roadkill #arcade spirits #as we know it #yes i am tagging them directly. fuck you #i know there's more but these are the ones that i remember off the top of my head #haven't played as we know it and probs never will #the description describes their guy as having an Eloquent Way Of Speaking #and i just fuckin. sigh #like ok we get it you're trying Real Hard to not be racist #and yeah i know the trope is old #and the idea behind the trope is like. taking a racist trope and going the opposite way with it #so we get Smart Articulate black characters and Dumb Jock asian characters #but man sometimes people will take it so far it loops right back into being racist #especially when the chars the only black person in your main cast???#like oh we get multiple white (or sometimes even ✨Ambiguously Brown!✨) ppl with varying personalities to choose from #but the one (1) black mc is just. look how Not Dumb he is!!! look how Not Poor he is!!! look how Well he Speaks!!!#we swear we aren't racist towards black ppl!!!#anyway im gonna fukin... make my own datesim. gonna make all the romance options black #it'll be a fun little fantasy story too. because i deserve it

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