Week 13 Apply and Reflect

 This week, we discussed how art made by those in the minority often gets neglected by those in the majority. This leads to many people in the minority having to create their own representation, though this is often the better choice in my opinion. I would much rather read from someone who experienced the same things I have, than someone who heard about some of the things my community went through. Its also easy to tell when someone who experienced some of those things is writing versus when someone outside the community is writing the story. One of the best examples of this is "Magical Boy!" by The Kao. It's a light hearted comedy about a boy who comes from a long line of magical girl evil fighters. Many of the characters are minorities and it's all handled very well. At least from the lgbtq aspect of things, I'm unsure how well the characters of color are representative of their respective communities, as I'm white.

 

There are more popular pieces of media that feature POC or lgbtq characters, though I feel it's important to acknowledge the smaller creators in this as well. It's important to include representation of all kinds, because people existing are not jokes or freaks. They're just people. One of the ways I have been able to tell if something hasn't been written by a person in the community is how the minority characters are framed. Is their whole personality based around being a minority and all the stereotypes that entails? Or is this handled like it's just a part of life.

 

 

Magical Boy by The Kao https://tapas.io/series/magicalboy/info

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