Stereotyping and Ethics of Representation

The use of stereotypes in this day and age to me is considered lazy. Because it goes into the act of thinking a certain group of people are all the same especially when it can come to goals or a way of thinking. Also it leaves people who ultimately fit into two cultures have to ultimately pick one. Like I myself being black, but not having usual feature have to answer people’s questions about why I do not look like others. It shouldn’t be like that at all. As long as a good background story is implemented on the character and this background shows how the character will react in the world presented in front of them. I think that will do. Some games, especially now are getting better at this. Movies are… slowly trudging along in this aspect, especially when it comes to race. As for women, both industries are not doing that much of a great job. I can only think of a few games that show women as an equal part to the man. Also a smaller handful where the women don’t have to explain themselves for wanting to be equal. Animation has taken a slight step forward, in America. As for internationally they have taken leaps forward in the progression of women being shown as completely capable beings. One game that really comes to mind in terms of racial equality across the board is Mass Effect. Maybe it was the fact that it was space, nobody cared about human races. Since it focused on alien species but I digress. When you ask about other characters. They give you a slight backstory but no ways of race is mentioned and there are many races in Mass Effect but none of the characters talk about it in anyway because it does not matter in space. As for animation, I would have to say Sofia the First, it shows a wide ranch of princess and not all of them are white. True they are only side characters but nothing is beaten like a dead horse like an adult animated films. Maybe because kids do not care. Or never did in that matter. Which explains why many children shows have a wide variety of races, even teaching cultures the correct way and not through stereotyping. As for comics they are getting better on all fronts, especially when it comes to when being lead heroes and different backgrounds with Miss America and Captain Marvel. More on Miss America with being a non-white member of the LGBTQA+ community.