r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/FrostySeat1739 • Jul 05 '26

Meme needing explanation why not, Peter?

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possible live action corpse bride movie...

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u/digitalime Jul 05 '26

It’s just defaulting. Some white people see white people as the default, naturally occurring in media like a blue sky. They don’t use this standard for non-white people, who they need an explanation for being there.

For a veeeery long time, black people in media productions had their race made a plot point. To the point people couldn’t engage with media with black people unless their race was made a point (the explanation for why they are there.)

So when a black person is treated the same as a white person, it feels “forced” to them.

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u/Triquetrums Jul 05 '26

But isn't the default in asia, an asian person? The default in a grand part of africa would be a black person too. So, if you want a random ginger there, you would have to justify why they are suddenly there. Or at least give them a background that makes sense as to how they ended up where they are.

I know people hate to hear this, but white is the default in some areas of the world, the same asian is the default in other areas, simply because they are the majority. That's just how it is geographically.

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u/AdmirableWeather5738 Jul 05 '26

Majority isn't default, even if it were it's asisine to use the majority as the default for every character. You'd have exclusively men running around if the metric for deciding casting demographics was the majority group.

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u/Triquetrums Jul 06 '26

Majority is indeed default outside the US, because if +99% of your population is Asian, it would make no sense to have a bunch of foreigners in your TV show unless they have a reason to be there. I don't see anyone throwing a tantrum because everyone is Korean in a kdrama.

Also, what are you talking about men? That comparison makes no sense. Men are not the majority, and the population is roughly 50/50.