The Jynx Controversy Page 2

Started by Meduza December 18th, 2010 2:17 AM
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Posted December 28th, 2010
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Why would they even bother starting controversy with Jynx? The dub is watched by kids who probably have no idea what racism is anyway.

I didn't even know about this controversy or anything but I did find it strange that Jynx didn't get an evo with Magmar and Electabuzz in GenIV and now I hear this theory? *Sigh, people have nothing better to do with their time

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I'm going to have to disagree with you guys. Jynx strongly resembles old black stereotypes. I'm not saying that's what she was based on, but there's a strong resemblance no doubt. Just because people thought Jynx was a black stereotype doesn't make them racist, that's ridiculous. Jynx did looked a lot like a racial stereotype. It's really not surprising that someone noticed this.
I have to agree. Making a big deal of this coincidence is one thing, but simply noticing the similarity doesn't make you racist. It makes you observant. Too many people say "that's racist!" to too many things, but sometimes there are cases where it's okay to say "I can see how someone would find that racist."

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Posted January 1st, 2014
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I get really tired of everyone getting offended by everything! A great example being this...

The popular anime Dragonball Z featured a character named Mr. Popo shown below.
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_UNTVuUwIDfI/S8JNKFgQ4XI/AAAAAAAAAUQ/7K5ypSmcckg/s1600/dbr.jpg
This series played on Cartoon Network for years over and over and nobody said a word.

The series got a revamp and was brought back to life recently in a show called Dragonball Z Kai. Well one person threw a fit and guess what happened to the happiest character in history of anime? Click the link below.
http://img824.imageshack.us/i/1pm.png/sr=1


See what I mean? People just get upset about stupid trivial things that no one notices (because they're not important). I watched this series as a child and never once related Mr. Popo's solid black skin color to anything racist. Yet the people that claim they're not racists are the ones that always connect the two.

Anywho that's my speil on the whole subject.
This. You pretty much summed up what I had to say, and Jynx looks a lot like Mr.Popo to me.

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I'm really sick of people who get offended over every little goddamn thing.

Carole Boston just wants to put some money in her pocket for stupid reasons.

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Awwww...isn't this a sad topic to be brought out on Christmas Day?

Obviously that person over-reacted, and wanted some fame at the same time.
Why? If she was not looking for fame and was serious about the offense, she should have negotitated with Nintendo instead of writing a whole newspaper article without negotiating with Nintendo.
That way, I just think that she wanted fame.
If being offended was her main concern, she should have E-mailed or phoned Nintendo or TPCi.

I wouldn't blame her for being offended, but I disagree with what she did to deal with it.
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