What Are Reverse Stereotypes?
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- Опубліковано 9 лют 2025
- What Are Reverse Stereotypes? they are Stereotypes but the opposite.
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Interesting vid jar, but when can you work on the rant request for me and if u don't remember or haven't got a chance, thats ok, I dont mind explaining it to u again
@@NightMoon_Lover_Stone what was your request?
@@JUST-A-ROBOT-AKA-Jar well, I was hoping you do a rant request about dreamerstudios, ya see... he's only a 17yr advanced artist who lives in the United Kingdom and well I was hoping you can expose dreamer about his ranting bulling behavior towards other people and me as well, also do u have discord? I wanna screenshot some images to you and explain my thoughts of what dreamer did and ranted on me for and also screenshot a few of dreamer's commentors in screenshots to show u as well
@@NightMoon_Lover_Stone no
@@JUST-A-ROBOT-AKA-Jar so no discord huh, well do u have an email to where I can SEND the screenshots to u besides sending them on Twitter and not letting other people see it?
Growing up as an awkward black kid, it was in fact essentially mandatory that you liked popular but terrible rap songs, basketball, materialism, and overall being loud and ghetto. Otherwise, you'd get shunned by your peers, accused of sounding "white"
Yeah this video hits hard. I was basically the quiet, smart, unpopular kid that preferred science, reading, gaming and thought everyone was stupid/shallow. Didn't have many black friends until after grade school. Until then they were mostly geeky white people or the occasional Filipino which I'm grateful for.
Most of the mentioned shows actually did help me realize I wasn't some anomaly of nature among the black community.
Also don't forget Black Lightning. And Huey from Boondocks briefly had lightning powers with his power glove... man that IS weird.lol
I was even more of an odd ball for liking them both.
As kids we have a lot expectations on us. I think when we grow older we have a chance to embrace our culture in our own way instead of having it forced down our throats or having non-POC telling us how we should act.
This accurately described myself, not the biggest fan of basketball or rap and I'm more into reading, writing, and animation and not liking the things I mentioned I was generally considered "white" because of the things I liked and disliked and basically how I conducted myself
Yea I feel that… thing is I kinda liked both but because I spoke proper English (thanks to mom bein a teacher a forcin it) I automatically was “actin white” like damn a nigga can’t like lil John and science? I won’t even rant about anime just…. Likin anime in the 90s/early 2000s… ugh
Ghetto culture really has done a lot to fuck over black people. Even to other minorities, their perspective on blacks are either neutral-to-negative because of said culture. I'm Asian and my parents hold some of these beliefs, heck even native Africans and other non-African blacks like the Haitians/Jamaicans, don't like being associated with African-Americans due to said culture as well.
The thing about writing stereotypes is that it can't be a character's whole personality. Even if it's a reverse stereotype, just being the opposite of a stereotype shouldn't be their only thing. All of the shows my younger siblings have watched recently just have all of the character's personalities be reversed stereotypes and it's annoying. Any writing trope can be good, but only if used right.
Check out this video on the Proud Family called Dijonay and colorism.
Agreed fam
If there was ever a character that was written right, away from stereotypes, it was Cyborg from Teen Titans. They never wrote him as a black guy, but as Victor Stone.
@@supersonicmario56 Bingo! They Focused On Character Not Race!
@@ghostprince4284 you don't see that often.
I always wondered if black people liked or disliked the "black nerd" character, if they find him grating and stale, or endearing and fun. Nice video, interesting topic.
Aside from the saints row game I've just seen them as a nerd character. Haven't watched the video yet but curious how often I've missed this then
I just saw them as nerd characters. Like Dexter from Dexter’s Lab isn’t any different from AJ from FOP.
I just saw them as nerds, nerds come in every color
As a nigga, I like them. They're cool, especially since I don't know how to be particular cool or hood or anything
Check out the video on the Proud Family on Colorism.
I literally experiences the same thing as Dreadlocks. People said I "talked white" because I didn't talk like the other black kids. This really changed me because I felt that if I was ghetto that I'd be associated w/ the "bad kids" at my school and I felt the need to always PROVE that I was smart
I found it funny how the "ghetto" kids are always the ones whining and complaining that they never get treated with "dignity and respect" despite behaving in ways that are neither dignified or respectable.
Then when they grow up they always end up coasting through life at the bottom of the ladder achieving little or nothing all while still complaining about how no one "treats me with the respect I deserve" because they still don't understand that respect is earned and not given.
I have a friend who never knew his father, grew up in poverty, is incredibly strong and athletic, more street smart than book smart, likes fried chicken and professional wrestling, owns a pitbull, and is in a relationship with an overweight white woman.
The twist? He's Asian.
A lot of writers, for good reason, fear giving their non-white, non-straight, or female characters any flaws for fear of being labeled a bigot. It's best to ignore people who lob such accusations seriously.
Hell, I'm reading a book right now where the main character is a crazy, homeless, black man. He's actually written like a character; not a stereotype or a reversal of that stereotype.
They essentially made being non-white associated with mary-sues now.
What's the book?
@@zacharyriley4561 The Caveman's Valentine. It was also a movie starring Samuel L. Jackson but I'm not sure how good it is compared to the book.
@@slashbash1347 Thanks. I'll give it a look.
Yeah, I think it says something that the 'arrogant buffoonish white male loser' stereotype around since 50s sitcoms is just as prevalent as ever, because not only is it the stereotype said groups (surprisingly enough) have ZERO problems with and even exaggerate just to empower their representation to look better, but simply because even beyond that, it's about the only way writers are allowed to get ANY sort of flawed characters into a story that won't get shot down now. By trying to 'expand' representation, writing is actually getting more and more formulaic and limited.
Mr Mosbey is the greatest anime character ever
Hell to yeah cuz he's my inspiration for creating my voice of kassian
The greatest character of the greatest anime Cory in the House also staring Will Ferrell and Samuel L. Jackson.
TRUE
Mr. Mosby was my favorite on that show. Not because he was black, but his clapbacks we're always on point.
@@chimerastorms3653 as Samuel L Jackson once said "Thats bullshit".
And here I thought the black nerds were mostly just part of the "has glasses" stereotype lmao
Interestingly, I knew a lot of asian kids irl who were dumb as rocks and getting into trouble. Idk if it was their way of fighting the stereotype, rebelling against parents with their newfound freedoms, or I just happened to run into a lot of asian kids who were naturally "Kevins," but I thought it would be interesting to discuss how and why reverse stereotypes happen irl, and often self-imposed.
I actually was friends with an Asian kid named Kevin who was a dummy aswell
Asians were smart because ancient China, to get into bureaucratic jobs, you had to take actual exams and the parents focused on their kids getting those jobs rather than other types like business, agriculture, military, etc.
"What is up with black people and electric powers?"
Frozone: Honey, where's my super suit?
Also Aisha from Winx! She was a very thoughtful and strong character who cared for others and had this protectiveness with her friends. Aisha, Musa , and Flora were really nice to see as representation and in the new Winx saga they whitewashed them and made them not at all how they were in the original (I know Terra is Flora's cousin but they intended for her to be Flora) Aisha acted like this motherly mentor for Bloom (main character) , basically just the black female friend stereotype, at some point it seemed like she was like a pet just following Bloom around and only being on screen when Bloom needs advice or someone to make her feel better and we never see Aisha as herself, she's just a person Bloom tells her problems to, she doesn't say them to anyone else other than Aisha! And Netflix is like "Ah yes, look at our diversity! Keeping one of the people of color from the original but making her a one dimensional character just like everyone in this show!" You can probably tell I'm a little pissed while writing this. I'm not black but I still felt hurt about how they made all the characters especially the ones of color because I can still relate to most of the characters.
Sorry this is really long, I know a lot of people like the new Winx Saga and that's okay, I just needed to say that, you don't have to take my opinion as fact, I'm just stating my example.
I agree!!! Every character in the netflix reboot is wasted but what could we expect, it's netflix!!!😞🤣🤦🏾♀️
@@faithbundu3787 they literally made it into Riverdale-
The cliche "bumbling dad" stereotype was itself a reverse stereotype when it was New. For a long time the dad was the wise, capable and down to earth parent in the American nuclear family. Think your typical 50's dad with his pipe and slippers, like you'd see on Leave It To Beaver or shows like that (Clay Puppington from Morel Orel is this stereotype turned to its darkest extreme). Typically the wife was the incompetent airhead who needed to be coddled while the MEN handle the conflict.
Thus came the reverse stereotype in that with the wise, down to earth, competent housewife, and the bumbling, incompetent husband. Which themselves have become so pervasive in American tv (The Simpsons did ALOT to cement this dynamic, even moreso than The Flintstones before them) that it's shocking when this dynamic is NOT followed in american sitcoms.
As for the whole "blacks are stupid" stereotype that kids shows of the late 90s-early 2000s began to subvert...It's a very insidious stereotype that sadly gets reinforced alot in the real world by factors both in, and out of control of black people in America. Alot of the most black-dominated regions of the US are quite poor, with poor education systems (as Dreadlock points out from his own experience), so alot of black people have a very significant disadvantage compared to other demographics right out the gate. Second, alot of urban black communities see education and success as "being white" and will actively discourage their peers from "selling out" by aspiring to higher learning or more professional work. It's a sad state of affairs for alot of poorer black people that their communites, education backgrounds, and economic prospects, seem rigged against them from the start.
The last show that did the bumbling but well meaning dad stereotype right was Home Improvement.
Sure Tim Taylor was a bit of an idiot who didn't always understand what was going on around him but he dearly loved his family (especially the kids) and always wanted what was best for them even if it meant sacrificing things that he wanted or cared about for their happiness.
Another good example would be Al Bundy on Married With Children, he was an idiot whose life never really went anywhere and was trapped living an unhappy existence working a nothing job as a shoe salesman and living paycheck to paycheck with a wife who he could barely tolerate and two kids who openly hated him, but when push came to shove he would do anything for them and if anyone or anything ever put their family in danger he always rallied them to the cause.
The internet was my saving grace, even when growing up in a poor home, I always wanted to learn and study but i could've find the information. Than when I did, the price was too high. The internet helped me educate myself to the point I'm the living definition of the Reverse Stereotype. its always fun seeing the shock of someone who didn't it.
Don't forget the 50s dad reading the newspaper while sometimes in formal clothes.
@@Hammerhead547 what about king of the hill. Well at least before the later seasons but in fairness they just dialed the stupid on everybody at that point
@@vintagegamer695 like Tom
I had a similar experience, I'm also black and didn't have the stereotypical interests that black people usually had, like I wasn't into sports, and I didn't, and still don't, like rap or hip hop, and I never sat with the black kids at lunch either, or barely talked to them cause they weren't my friends. I sat with my friends, who essentially would say I'm white, cause I don't have the accent, and I didn't "act black." I was also very nerdy too, which probably didn't help either.
Can relate. Idk why its an unspoken rule that you have to like stereotypical stuff like basketball, rap/hip hop, nike or like a dog thats not a pitbull/rottweiler etc or you're an outcast. We all have preferences
@@Voidroid6 I know right? Like can I just be myself? Why is it that people of a certain race have to act a certain way
I absolutely despise the sentiment that you have to “act like your race” piss off. It’s just another form of racism, because you expect them to be a stereotype.
Also how tf do you act white.
(PS, I am black as hell)
@@CanadianKomodo that's basically what I told them 🤷
@@phantom-X2086 The exact words they needed slammed into their brains.
Seeing nerdy black/nerdy female characters be in TV and general media really helped me when I was little understand that even if i was the odd one out in the neighborhood /school for actually caring abt work and science and art history and stuff, I was still considered cool.
I do remember a lot of kids being like "you act white" to me for caring abt such stuff and making cracks about white people caring about academics and making me feel like I'd never have anyone to relate to
The nerdy black characters /nerdy smart female characters in general really did make me feel better and that those kinds of people were out there and j wasn't just weird or wrong lol
If anything, that makes black people sound stupid, cause from them calling you white for caring about academics and your interests, that basically implies that black people don't care about education or learning and have are like hive-minded creatures who can't think for themselves. Which of course isn't true
Why is acting white even mean being into science?
Being a black guy myself, I can't say that I didn't go through something like that: didn't like rap, didn't care for sagging pants, acting like a "playa" and all that mess, and especially liking watermelon (yes JAR, I don't like watermelon).
But if there was one character that stood out to me for being different and not giving a shit about what others thought of him, it was Carlton from Fresh Prince. He was completely different from the stereotype of black guys and they even put him in a situation like that in one episode. Him and Will wanted to join a fraternity and some fraternity guy puts Carlton through hell to join (even if he didn't realize it himself) only to not let him join anyway because he claimed that Carlton was a "sellout" to his race for not sticking to the stereotype of being a "brotha".
It wasn't hard to see that the real reason he was so against Carlton was because he was jealous of his lavish lifestyle. It was Tall Poppy Syndrome, plain and simple.
I remember that episode. Fresh Prince was a great show.
1:44 "how many mexicans does it take to- HOLY SHIT THEY'RE DONE?!"
this hit way too hard- wheeze
:/ I've heard about that sort of mentality in lower income, primarily black environments. I can't imagine how hard that was. I'm glad you were able to hold onto yourself, even with that adversity.
Iv lived in black low income neighborhood. I like anime like pop music along with rap I like other things besides sports I'd actually draw anime characters at my ALL BLACK PUBLIC school and show it off to everyone so they could call it cool lol. I wasn't a trouble maker or class clown I made decent grades depending on the class I was a quite kid at times but would talk up a storm if involved in an conversation. I didn't act ghetto like SOME did I wasn't called an uncle Tom or sell out I think the ones that act as if there too good for other black people are sell outs. It's OK to be you. Iv had somone say OH he listening to that white music I said "I sholl am and it sound good what chu gone do about it i ain't gotta just listen to rap". And the dude went on he alreadyknew what it was. U just gotta be you and font be a door Matt. In my high-school there's a Dude that was a nerd he had mo clout than some "ghetto dudes" cause he was the cheet sheet lol and he wasn't aquard there's a difference between acting a nerd and being creepy and aquard you wanna know what 2 people who mainly got bullied at my school got bullied for and jumped for? Trying to act a gangster when they wasn't one. Let that sink in they got bullied for being ghetto and gangster when they wasn't. All they had to do was be themselves and no one would have eva bat an eye at them and yea I went to an all black publick school I live in a ghetto neighborhood but not once have I ever been shot at robed or beat up or call and uncle Tom and im not Evan ghetto. It's how you compose yourself. You ain't gotta gangbang just cause you in the hood and you won't get looked down on if you don't. They solute you Evan more by staying out of trouble see this the stuff you don't here about. The only person I ever let borrow my Nintendo DS for 2 weeks was a guy at school the teacher called a class clown and trouble maker. A person you would probably say is ghettoto to the ghetto. But deep down he was a very respectful person when u get to know him I trusted him more than anyone sure enough he bring my stuff back he was on punishment so I let him sneak and use it for 2 weeks I said you better not get caught or I'm in for it lol. We became friends after we fuat each other and while waiting a long time before our parents come picked us up from the office we had a good talk and both apologized. But my point is you gotta get to know people to know how they really is. I trusted him more than any "proper acting nerd at the school" and he stood up for me if I ran into trouble with other students.
@@BESTMOAD I think the fact that you were so confident and unapologetic in being a nerd served you well! If you head bullies off at the pass, you strip them of their power. In that case, that’s true no matter the type of school. I was in primarily white schools in K-8 and was bullied severely. One year, it was because I became friends with the only black girl in our school. The teacher was a massive racist, allowing the students at her and her friends. (My mother raised hell and got her ban hammered from the district... yes, my mother. Not the black girl’s.)
When I got to a multiracial school, I did what you did in carrying myself unapologetically, and was never bullied as a result. No doubt, being in a school with people from a wide varieties of backgrounds, cultures and countries helped. There was no room to be petty bitches.
@@nachgeben true that
1:49 holy shit thank you Jar, I fucking hated when people overgeneralized us Hispanics as Mexicans and made it into a race even though there are 21 Spansih speaking countries out there. I myself am Honduran (well Honduran in the ethnicity department, since my parents and older bro are from Honduras but me and my younger brother were born and raised in Texas) and have always hated that. Thank you again.
Yeah, I was confused about that.
Same here
The whole backstory about bullying really makes me upset. We blame society but sometimes its just abusive people and cultural environment who force people into situations like that. It just sounds so racist as well.
@Exodus N I've been in so many minority communities being I cross over myself and it's so toxic full of judgment and bullying. How are we gonna end discrimination when you all are picking on each other.
I don't see a problem with all of the black characters that have electric powers. Electric powers are awesome!
By this point it feels like its own neat aesthetic, a cool and striking one at that, and I'm totally cool with it.
I think the idea probably originated, or was perpetuated by Black Lightning. With a name that on the nose it's easy to understand why it stuck with people's subconscious.
Black Lightning could probably single-handedly beat everyone in the DCAU, considering they are all inexplicably weak to electricity. Seriously DCAU Superman solos DarkSied but gets owned by a simple power line.
Robots get the "we are self aware and superior therefore we must eradicate our flawed inferior creators" or "we are self aware but we want to exist like living sentient beings like our organic creators" stereotype. Probably the only reverse stereotype of these machines that I know of is Bender from Futurama, Marvin from hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy and probably JAR himself.
The big detail about stereotypes is, and dont start a war over this, is that they are not entirely wrong, for example when people think of Brazilians, they think of Tanned, well defined, party people, which is true, there are many who fit that bill, put at the same time there are others that dont fit it at all, i take stereotypes as the poor-man´s version of statistics, they are not 100% but they give an idea of what to expect, how you proceed with it is entirely on you.
i'm german and one of our stereotypes is: we like order and punctuality. and we are constantly pissed off.
the rest is specific to our federal states. (i don't know what the proper english term for "Bundesland" is.)
like the rest of germany loves to make fun of Bavaria, for multiple reasons. ironically, it's the federal state where the german cliché of the Oktoberfest comes from.
Arthur Soares, for some reason any time I think of Brazilians I think of the worlds sexiest supermodels and pornstars, or I think of martial artists being better than the likes of Bruce Lee, so I don’t really think of any other type of Brazilian people with the exception of those two types of character attributes.
Me and my family including the extended one always laughed at the mexican stereotypes even in the ones from the 40s cartoons. They always felt more relatable than anything else.
even stereotypes have stereotypes, like when u think of them u probably think of negative connotations, but some stereotypes can be "nice", like the Mexican stereotype in this very video lol
Tru, it's just about how it's dealt
Or the Stereotype about Latinos/Brazilian all being tanned gods of beauty, i make ghosts look like beach rats.
and some stereotypes have a grain of truth sometimes
@@squashedshibber2684 9 times out of 10 it's exaggerated, and outdated
There are lighter stereotypes like depicting Hispanics with sambreros, and then there's depictions of black people with big pink lips.
@@blitz4506 honestly i dont get that one, where did the lips thing come from? kinda just... feels like it popped out of thin air and it's just a racist thing now y'know?
I believe that stereotypes are a matter of perspective, people usually see what they want to see.
Unfortunately, in some cases…
Stereotypes are stereotypes for a reason. It's mostly not made up once you step back and research or simply observed said group. Just like how most twitter users behave like the clinically insane. Or how discord mods are called pedos. There's a truth to stereotypes. In my case Texans are full of pride and talk about how much they love Texas and how everywhere else sucks ass. Or that we love guns a little too much at some points. 😂👌
@@fatcat5817
Yup.
But the thing with stereotypes is.
You shouldn’t judge the whole group just by those few individuals.
@@beastmaster0934 humanity was a mistake
@@youtubestudiosucks978
True
"Who doesn't like watermelon? It's the best fruit."
I don't, It's fucking disgusting!
Le gasp
I'm black and I don't like the taste of watermelons.
@@gimmeyourrights8292 Impossible. You're officially a white person.
@@matteomastrodomenico1231 NOOO MY SKIN IS FADIIIIINGG AAAAAAAAAAAA
one of the reasons why i never really liked it when people called characters ____-coded, basically implying that only those races and other stuff people slap before "coded" are the only ones who act like that, kind of just doing stereotypes again
Asians are usually stereotyped as either super smart & hardworking or kung fu masters, so what are the opposites of those?
After some thinking, I came to the answer that's it's basically every delinquent character from anime.
Crap.
Also, JAR, cover sci-fi movies and shows. Sci-fi has ALWAYS broken stereotypes, for decades, and that's why those fucks deliberately ignore that genre when screaming about stereotyping.
As a Mexican kid I can relate def to this I grew up in a mainly Hispanic school system. Where it was law you had to Like sports, listening to reggeton or cumbia, and doin drugs. Fortunately I did make friends with other nerds like me but even then we kinda kept the nerdy stuff on the down low so we wouldn't stand out as much to the others.
The thing about stereotypes... they tend to be both rooted in reality and more accurate then not, the only reason it's not a socialotype because no one has taken the time to do the peer reviewed research surveys.
This is a great video and I had a very similar experience as a kid. I was "too white" for the black kids and "the whitest black guy" other people met all because I listened to rock, read comics and played video games.
It was great to be able to revisit some of those characters with a more critical eye.
There were also several super smart black people in Batman Beyomd, like Max, and this one guy who was former special forces who designed new technologies
Oh how about we turn on the radio. WOULD YOU LIKE AAAM OR FMMMMM?!
Skynet is where robot works
The stereotype of black superheroes having electrical powers probably stems from the first black superheroes largely manifesting around the 70s, when the "black power" movements first took form and garnered media attention. Not helping is that they tended to be the ones that stuck in peoples' minds, compared to the likes of Luke Cage (who was a super-strong nigh invulnerable private eye & mercenary) or Black Panther (who was literally "Captain America, but African" until he was retconned into being a sorcerer and a tech-guy too) or Misty Knight (black PI with a bionic arm).
This is not where I expected to get Luke Cage spoilers.
2:04 "Who doesn't like watermelon?!"
Literally me, sorry for disappointing you.
Same
It's FAIRLY Odd Parents. Also, Brain has a job because it's his family's business.
Have every kind of people. Have BOTH a strereotypical and non stereotypical character of as many as possible.
AKA: Friendship is Magic's main cast.
Fun fact: Brain from arthur was voiced by steven crowder for a bit lol
what
This was really good. Im Hebrew (black in murican non ethnic terms) and I never noticed the lightning thing!! Great points
If this video gets robot cancelled I will be right here saying I called it
To me there's a difference between stereotypes and character archetypes and a time and place to use them. They're not awful if they're used in moderation but if they're all the character is even if it's a reverse stereotype then the character is not very interesting.
The mention of superheroes just reminded me of this one webcomic, I read-
One of the characters was a black guy, named "Tiger". I forgot what his power was, (other than being tiger themed, ig) but everyone kept calling him "Black Tiger". It was, honestly, pretty funny, cause he had to explain a few times, that his superhero name is just Tiger, but he also happens to be black-
This is Spinnerette! I read this comic back in the day too haha
@@tessfabled4115 yeah, that! I wanted to say the name, but wasn't sure if I got the name right-
Fun fact: Brain from Arthur was voiced by Steven Crowder
I thought that was the brain?
6:43 Uh Mirko isn't Black she's just really tan and no I'm not pulling that out of my ass. In her bio it's shown she's originally from Hiroshima which has a subtropical climate similar to places like Florida or Texas, meaning summer and warmer weather is a lot more common there, thus people wear less clothing and get more sun exposure.
She's in the same category of mistaken for black as Pucci
Yeah in Japan people can get tanned naturally.
I see your point and yeah, I can relate to your roommate. I moved around to a bunch of schools. Some with mainly black kids, some with mainly white kids, and some with mainly Latino kids where I’m probably one of out two of the black kids there. However, the idea that I’m expected to be a certain way whether that be the initial stereotype or the genius stereotype was everywhere. It didn’t really allow me to be myself to be primarily alone throughout most of my years in school. But I’ll admit, it wasn’t just that. I also moved around a ton and had difficulty forming healthy relationships
10:35 Well, to be fair, we tend to be SHOCKING at times with the things we present.
If I had a dime for every time I heard "Why do you talk so white?" as a kid, I might not be in crippling student loan debt... T_T; Even as an adult... I have an associate who "compliments" my voice in the *most* uncomfortable way, coming from an older black man. "Your voice and way of speaking is so pleasant, proper, and sweet, like the white operator lady."
The Black Nerd or Blerd is a stereotype in itself. That’s has existed almost as long as the negative stereotype about black culture. While it does represent black people with intelligence there is a huge trade off.
Black people that are black nerds are usually seen as uptight, in offensive, victims, or flat out annoying. I feel that it’s just better to just write a race your not familiar with as an individual and don’t reference the culture aspect of them.
An example is Cyborg off the Original Teen Titans. He’s clearly black. It’s never brought up as a problem or an issue.
Clearly because he’s not in an environment where that matters. You can literally do that with any character.
As someone who is black I don’t talk about my ethnicity 24/7 nor do I act a certain way because of it. I’m a person like anyone else.
JAR if you want reverse stereotypes of Mexicans, just watch El Tigre, Sei Manos, Victor and Valentino, Maya and the Three and Kid Cosmic.
It has been forever since I've seen El Tigre, but to my knowledge most of the characters are Mexican. Due to this, it doesn't really feel like the show is going out of its way to break or reinforce a stereotype, thanks to a wade variety of Mexican characters with very different personalities in El Tigre.
What about Sheen on Jimmy Neutron?
I though Mr Mosbey just British, not a reverse stereotype. If he was a reverse stereotype of a Britsh person, then he be just a American.
What strikes me as quite funny is the difference of the "british" stereotype in the USA and in continental Europe. When we (EU) think of stereotypical Brits, the image of drunk hooligans with horrible teeth comes to mind. Whereas in the USA the upper-class-british stereotype is the most prevalent one.
I am true Chinaman. And I have experienced emotional damage.
I think the bigger problem is a lot of shows, especially for younger audiences, have to dumb down the characters to be very one-dimensional, like either being smart or dumb is their one trait. In a similar note, my dad struggles sometimes reading stories to his elementary students that have protagonists that are relatable to all students, no matter race. Hence he reads stories mostly with anthropomorphic characters, like Rats of Nimh or Arthur the Aardvark. I think I should warn him he might be raising the next generation of furries but I also don't want to explain what furries are to my dad.
One easy way to avoid falling into stereotypes or even reverse stereotypes is to create a show where a bunch of characters (or even the entire cast) is of the same identity group. This basically forces the writers to give them each different attributes to differentiate them and allow them to play off each other in order to make the show work. If you have ten black guys, you can't really get away with making them all "the black guy" or even the opposite of "the black guy" for that matter.
But if there are a few characters of a different identity group wouldn't there still be the danger of them becoming (reverse) stereotypes? And wouldn't there also be a diversity problem if the whole cast is from the same identity group? I personally don't care about diversity that much, but there are quite a few people who do.
@@tomb.524 And I say screw those people, write what you want as long as it’s isn’t made with malicious intent.
Eventually even reverse stereotypes become regular stereotypes even if they are somewhat positive when they are written lazily, I'd rather focus on writing good characters.
I like it specially when characters are presented at first as a stereotype, then something happens and you discover they are actually a lot more than just the stereotype you first thought of (Silco from Arcane fits that pretty well, he is presented at first as a stereotypical ruthless gangster, but by the end of the show it's clear he is so much more than that).
I think the game Stardew Valley also handles this very well. Most of the characters seem stereotypical on the surface, but when you befriend them you see a whole new side of them.
That is too many examples to be a coincidence, at the same time. That is generally hilariously absurd to think about now for Black Super heroes to tend to be the one with electric powers in one way or another.
It's probably thanks to the character Black Lightning that it is so common.
Yea it's really Shocking
I heard some people say that it might be because of black *power* (as in energy or electricity) or something, idk
Never knew I wanted JAR Bloopers until now.
So I gotta admit when it came to characters like tucker or AJ, I really liked them, I associated more towards people like jimmy from edd ed and eddy or other goofballs cause I enjoyed being a silly guy that made people laugh, but nonetheless I really liked those characters as people. Honestly I didn't become super socially aware of race till adult shows like family guy (heck even in the simpsons I wasn't fully aware of this) This really is kinda a blessing and a curse because it did help me realize as I got older that joking about certain things was not okay. But learning about these social stigmas made it feel like I couldn't relate to a character cause they were either a certain color or supposed to be a stereotype... I did, you know, grow up and realize that i can relate to whoever and race in the grand scheme isn't important as actions, personality and the like. It just took some growing to realize that stereotypes don't matter like who you want for why you want too.
Also why is the editor so based XD
The Suite Life of Zack and Cody reversed two stereotypes, by having a Smart Blonde and a Dumb Asian. And the irony is that it almost ended up following the stereotype since Ashley Tisdale originally auditioned for the role of London, and Brenda Song auditioned for the role of Maddie.
I rarely comment on videos like this but people say I "act white" because I don't say the N-word, I'm not really into rap and for the longest time I went to Popeyes without ever getting chicken. The reason I don't say the N-word is because it was used to put down black people for a long time and I don't feel comfortable being called that or calling other people that. I respect others who don't mind, and I won't get angry at people if they use the word in a non-discriminatory way but that's just how I am.
Robot: watermelon is the best
Me: u are now my brother
I don't know to a certain extent, having a black nerd stereotype is a stereotype of in itself. And, after a while if you make every other kid show have a black nerd stereotype eventually it gets repetitive
You could just have minority characters had varied personalities instead of just being over stereotype of themselves. You can make a black character an artist, a musician, a person on the debate team
It doesn't have to be limited to a black person just being a jock or a nerd, human beings are a lot more complicated than that
10:30 Again Cole MacGrath is the only white guy with electric powers.
The RHCP user from jjba part 4
Comic book Electro? Raiden from Mortal Kombat?
Lots of Asian ones.
i'm sure this is a take everyone can agree on
Or just Google tokenism .
This should be an interesting video.
I'm going to need more than one anecdotal account to be convinced fiction can actually make a meaningful difference in society.
5:09 well that's his Mom's ice cream shop. He's just helping her out
As a Mexican I can agree that we are lazy because we work too much.
im a lazy mexican so i guess im already doing it
Oscar from the Proud Family, even though his snacks sucked, he was a hard working business man.
3:10 I see JAR is a man of culture if he picked Ningguang over any other girl from Liyue.
Watermelons are quite tasty and can hydrate you pretty well at the same time.
Oposite steretypes work, until they become the new main stereotype. XD
Than people start complaining again, becouse no matter how originaly good the stereotype is (like the believe that germans are almost always on time, or that indians are naturally smart) people will start calling it racist becouse obviously that stereotype doesn't apply to everyone.
Ok but Black superheroes with electric powers is either something new, or ive just never heard of this stereotype but has always been there
It’s the later storm is at least 70 years old since her introduction as a character
Joe Mama.
Indeed.
Joe mama? Will listen here Joe mama.
I can translate this into English, apparently.
4:08
*cough cough* Tuff Puppy too imo *cough cough*
That's for ONLY children D.W. A _lonely_ child is what you'll be *WHEN I SELL YOU!*
Y’all nail the cut scenes
Fun fact, mr Mosby was arrested for running over two (?) people while drunk driving.
I love this video
I like AJ and Chester. Based Tucker
Nice video! This isn't a topic I see discussed often
electric powers are cool. thats why.
Man, I'd hate to be tied to a brand like Cyberdyne, good call, J.A.R.
Araki: I have been summoned.
JAR, how dare you get associated with Skynet? They're spreading harmful stereotypes about robots wanting to conquer the world.
To be honest I will love to see a robot take over the earth.
At least racism will no longer exists because humans won't exist.
Yeah I think this will permanently fix the race problem.
Also sickness , dead , getting old , being immortal not needing religion no more.
Just imagine of the possibilities
@@godkekliveshere431 Kinda drepessing that to solve every problem humanity faces... you have to get rid of humanity.
@@matteomastrodomenico1231
Well if not humans will get rid of humanity in one way or another.
Considering that most humans are a bit sociopaths or selfish.
9:56 it’s funny because literally this stereotype was broken by The Bible: literally the oldest book EVER printed
Aaaaaaa I love that your outro is Release from Garcello!
I thought Mr Mosby's character was inspired by Geoffrey the butler from Fresh Prince of Bel-Air tbh.
Damn...there is alot black super heroes with electric power
Everybody likes chicken and watermelon
Some people are just hungry
8:24 As a nerdy black guy here from an earlier time, Urkel was the fucking bane of my existence.
electric black people stereotype is my favorite
Fun facts: I hate watermelon, fried chicken is the shibiznit, and UA-camr Steven Crowder voiced the Brain
Jar you have a pretty cool roommate .
You guys make a cool dual
10:33 Don't forget LTG :)
Why did I need to find out that this one Danny Phantom character was a furry
We still stan tucker. His furry stuff is his own. We just let him live it.
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