Cartoon network goes full alt-right
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One large issue I can see (and many people here seem unaware of as well) is conflating race only with skin color. Race is a broad word talking about someone's overall biological ancestry, not just their physical appearance. With the biggest difference being internal organs, especially the brain.
Yeah, it's become a pet peeve of mine that people equate race with color of someone's skin, as if the behavioral differences don't exist and aren't orders of magnitude more important.
I have a buddy whose wife is of Latino stock. Darker skin, wavy hair, Latino surname before they were married, speaks Spanish, wouldn't look out of place if she were living in Cuba or somewhere in Mexico. Just for shits and giggles they did a DNA ancestry thing for their family last year. Her results? Majority central European in her background. Apparently the Latino thing was just from the last couple generations or something. Cultural heritage is a hell of a lot different than genetics - just look at Louis C.K. Dude is white AF, grew up in Mexico with Mexican parents. There's no way in hell you can judge someone's racial background and ethnicity by just looking at them.
Especially in the New World, nationality is often a poor predictor of race or ethnicity. Former president of Mexico Vincente Fox was primarily of Irish ancestry.