It was my moral stance to NOT watch this movie at the cinemas.
But the curiousity devil made me go. Please feel free to blame the curiousity devil.
Spoilers of both movie and animation series beyond this point.
Posts Tagged ‘yellowface’
The Last Airbender (Film) Review
Wednesday, September 29th, 2010My New Dolls! POP Christie, Kentucky & FR Luchia
Monday, June 1st, 2009Finally, my POP Christie, Kentucky Derby along with FR Future Bound Luchia Z. dolls have arrived…
I was waiting for POP Christie to come home so I can finally start writing about dolls in blackface, as in dolls that are of a Caucasian mould but made out of brown plastic. I don’t doubt that there are dark skinned people who have these features but these features are more associated with people of European heritage rather than African ancestry.
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Then I can go on (when Arctic Barbie arrives) about how weird it is that dolls that are supposed to be Native American look more East Asian than the dolls that are supposed to be East Asian – yellowface anyone? (I will try to avoid muttering incoherently about various theories involving Indigenous Americans, Mongolians and the Qing Dynasty).
LINKS
- Oreo Barbie @ TransGriot 14/04/09
- Sigh…Are Negroes still on that good hair, light eyes BS in 2009 @ What Tami Said 14/04/09
- Real Women, Fake (White) Noses @ The Mongoose Chronicles 28/03/09
- Hello, There Are Beautiful Transwomen Who Are Black @ TransGriot 29/12/08
- Black Women Can Be Beautiful Too @ Womanist Musings 18/08/08
Oh yeah, and Luchia – doll of no-color – will also get a post, how seriously undead does she look? *grins*
Aside – although these dolls are examples of the Eurocentric standards of beauty imposed on black women, I have no intention of selling them. BTW would anyone have an AKA Centennial SKU #L9657 doll they wish to sell (to me)?
