Why are Oda’s black characters super lightskin?

[Shiroyru]

Has anyone else noticed that there’s really no black characters in One Piece who look actually black? Most of the “black” characters look like they’re quarter black at best.

Just look at Usopp, he’s supposed to be African according to Oda, but I’ve met white people with a darker skin tone than him.

From what I understand, Japanese people are actually pretty racist against black people, so I guess it’s not surprising that Oda made them ambiguously black

 

[Salah WG]

I thought Zoro already made it clear that Oda is Racist.

 

[LANJI CUCKSMOKE]

 

[park_min young]

Oda didn’t get an n-word pass and he now holds a grudge.

 

[Shiroyru]

It’s even more funny when you look at many of these characters official manga coloring. The anime actually make characters like Teach and King look more black than they canonically are.

 

[Shiroyru]

Also, it’s weird how Robin’s nationality is Russian. I always imagined her being Hispanic because of her pre-TS design having her looking pretty tan, and all of her attacks being named in Spanish

 

[TheAncientCenturion]

@K!NG HARA$H!MA this thread is for you.

 

[Rukusho]

Japan is racist towards black people ....

Japan as a whole reggae scene dedicated to Caribbean culture in Japan -- they also have a hip hop area dedicated towards black culture, there is also Japanese hip hop music and collaborations with western hip hop artist.

This thread seems uneducated, of course no offence.

 

[Jiihad]

Now these are tha kinda threads we need LMAO

 

[Buggy D Clown]

Oda just saving on ink. You don't get a $200M+ networth by spending carelessly

 

[trav]

Japan is racist towards black people

You are being racist to japanese people here.

 

[Wano Never Happened]

Just look at Usopp, he’s supposed to be African according to Oda, but I’ve met white people with a darker skin tone than him.

You know not all Africans have a dark skin tone right?

 

[ZenZu]

It’s even more funny when you look at many of these characters official manga coloring. The anime actually make characters like Teach and King look more black than they canonically are.

Yea I wouldn't trust Oda's colouring when it comes to skin tones, he's just extremely lazy, in the manga King is clearly darkskinned, but in the volume cover he just goes with the colour available to him (which was the same colour as Zoro), and what shows up better I guess.

For all intents and purposes King is supposed to be much much darker than Zoro. Anime is a better tool for skin tones, as there is actual variance.

 

[Ven437]

This is the dumbest thread by far I've read this year, and I've read some pretty fucking stupid threads

 

[zenox]

Japanese people are actually pretty racist against black people

That’s racist itself

 

[Buggy D Clown]

he's just extremely lazy

This is very likely the correct take

 

[JoNdule]

Has anyone else noticed that there’s really no black characters in One Piece who look actually black? Most of the “black” characters look like they’re quarter black at best.

Just look at Usopp, he’s supposed to be African according to Oda, but I’ve met white people with a darker skin tone than him.

From what I understand, Japanese people are actually pretty racist against black people, so I guess it’s not surprising that Oda made them ambiguously black

You're expecting a lot from a dude that still idolise a pedo mangaka

 

[Shiroyru]

Japan is racist towards black people ....

Japan as a whole reggae scene dedicated to Caribbean culture in Japan -- they also have a hip hop area dedicated towards black culture, there is also Japanese hip hop music and collaborations with western hip hop artist.

This thread seems uneducated, of course no offence.

I mean it’s pretty common knowledge that Japan is a pretty xenophobic country in general. There’s a reason why it’s one of the hardest first world countries to move to.

Japanese racism towards black people really shines through in 90’s/early 2000’s anime. Pretty much every black background character in DBZ looks like they’re straight out of a minstrel show. In fact, the very first black person we saw in OP was this guy, who also looks like he’s straight out of a minstrel show:

A modern American cartoon would immediately be cancelled if they depicted a black person like this. Also, the fact that Oda said Usopp’s just “African,” instead of saying he’d be from a specific country from Africa, is pretty sus.

 

[Shiroyru]

That’s racist itself

Lol, no it isn’t. It’s pretty common knowledge that India, China, and Japan are pretty racist against black people. I have irl friends who can testify to this

 

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