r/TopCharacterTropes • u/Character_Growth_397 • 12h ago

Hated Tropes Things meant to be progressive just end up being incredibly offensive

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What If - In one of the comics Miles becomes Thor, and it's full of stereotypes about black people such as the Mjolnir having graffiti on it and the infamous "by Odin's fade"

Emilia Perez - Everything about the movie

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u/MeliodasTA 11h ago

Sounds like she was being forced to say it but also thought it was stupid

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u/GranolaCola 11h ago

100% a corporate mandate that she just couldn’t keep her mouth shut about (rightfully).

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u/atyourfeet6 10h ago

I worked for the Census back in 2010 as one of my first jobs and we were forced to ask if someone was 'Black, African American, or Negro' because it was in a script the government gave us. If we deviated from their script we'd get in trouble.

So almost certainly this.

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u/TheChunkMaster 9h ago

That, or just force of habit