This isn't a racist post. Treat it like a conversation starter or discussion topic.
this post was submitted on 04 Dec 2023
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I have to wonder what the demographics are actually like in Japan, because most anime I've seen makes black people, especially, complete stereotypes or treated as exotic. Or both. Quite often, the depiction of black people in anime is the lowest point of the anime for me because they're often fairly racist caricatures.
Though to be fair, I'm more familiar with older anime than modern anime. Most of the stuff I like was made in the 80's and 90's.
I just looked it up, and at least on wiki, it lists Japan as 98.1% native Japanese. That is pretty culturally and racially homogeneous. Having watched my fair share of older and newer anime, the depictions of black people has gotten better (a little bit). One particular character that I thought was a really great character that just so happened to be black was Mika from Lycoris Recoil. If you like John Wick but wish it had more anime girls, then I highly recommend it.
...our representation has become better. By a fairly slim margin.