Ethnic stereotypes in American media: Difference between revisions

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'''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/StarWars Starwars Trilogies]'''

-[[Billy-Dee_Williams]]] and [[Samuel_L_Jackson]] were the only Non-White characters to play major roles in the Starwars mega series. Even though both of their characters were major players in the storylines, they are ultimately playing subordinate roles (support characters) to the central White characters.

'''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kill_Bill Kill Bill]'''

-[[Uma_Thurman]] plays Beatrix Kiddo (a White female protagonist) and ends up killing scores of Asian men (portrayed as insignificant and disposable extras], a Black female hostile (played by [[Vivica_A._Fox]], a Eurasian female villain, and ultimately an Asian female villain (played by [[Lucy_Liu]]).

'''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Final_Fantasy_7#Characters Final Fantasy VII]'''

- A Japanese video game (which has recently been turned into a CGI movie - [[Final_Fantasy:_Advent_Children]] has its main White protagonist (Cloud Strife) destined to save the world. The Non-White characters in this movie (Yuffie Kisaragi -Asian, Barret Wallace -Black, and Tseng - Asian) are not the central characters, even though Final Fantasy was created by the Japanese. Other Final Fantasy protagonists such as Squall Leonhart from [[Final_Fantasy_8]] also happen to be White as well.

'''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Incredibles The Incredibles]'''