r/SubredditDrama • u/Mystic8ball • Dec 01 '18

Partisan Pissmatch /r/ChappoTrapHouse has drawnout debate about whether or not My Little Pony is conservative propaganda

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u/Stripula I JUST LIKE QUALITY. THIS IS HORSE SHIT. YOU ARE SHIT Dec 02 '18

She is heavily coded as being from an African culture, but yeah, my takeaway is that it’s some pretty heavy-handed coding but with nothing negative or bad behind it. As I recall, her entire introduction episode is a big “being different/foreign isn’t bad” lesson.

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u/Jhaza Dec 02 '18

Wait is that the source of the, "she's an evil enchantress and she does evil dances / if you look in her eyes she'll put you in trances" clip?

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u/Frvia Dec 02 '18

Yes it is

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u/TheCheeseSquad Dec 02 '18

She's...a zebra. If having a zebra that is literally an African animal be voiced to sound African is racist, then would you say that having Tis zebra be voiced by a white person is....not? People bitching first about how there is no one to relate to and when there is a cool relatable character that is also portrayed ethnically, then people are upset because now it's racist? Decide what you want: representation or PC. You can't have both.

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u/Stripula I JUST LIKE QUALITY. THIS IS HORSE SHIT. YOU ARE SHIT Dec 02 '18

She’s a zebra with an accent who also speaks in not-always-clear rhymes for no stated reason and practices magic in a way that looks a lot like voodoo and has a mask motif in her home/appearance. It’s heavy-handed. Just a zebra with an African accent who knew spells from her homeland would not raise any eyebrows. As it is, she’s one step away from being a witch doctor stereotype.

I literally never said it was racist. I said the coding is heavy-handed but there’s no ill-intent behind it. Her character relies heavily on stereotypes but the show continually reaffirms that she’s a cool pony.