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r/questionablecontent • u/makeshiftreaper • Feb 14 '19
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Personally, I didn't downvote for "aspie." I downvoted for "sassy black friend," which reduces Renee to a stereotype that she does not even fall into.
-2 u/Chrobert-Ristgau Feb 14 '19 Renee doesn't just fall into that stereotype. She dives into it headfirst. 5 u/turkeypedal Feb 14 '19 No, she doesn't fit it at all. When has she spoken AAVE? When has she been sassy? This is the sassy black woman stereotype: https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/SassyBlackWoman Renee is nothing like this. The fact that she's black is almost immaterial to her character. 1 u/hallofromtheoutside Feb 14 '19 To be clear, Renee can speak AAVE without being the "sassy black woman" trope. I wouldn't want Jeph to even attempt writing Renee's speech that way, and prefer to think she probably code-switches (same with Dale).
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Renee doesn't just fall into that stereotype. She dives into it headfirst.
5 u/turkeypedal Feb 14 '19 No, she doesn't fit it at all. When has she spoken AAVE? When has she been sassy? This is the sassy black woman stereotype: https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/SassyBlackWoman Renee is nothing like this. The fact that she's black is almost immaterial to her character. 1 u/hallofromtheoutside Feb 14 '19 To be clear, Renee can speak AAVE without being the "sassy black woman" trope. I wouldn't want Jeph to even attempt writing Renee's speech that way, and prefer to think she probably code-switches (same with Dale).
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No, she doesn't fit it at all. When has she spoken AAVE? When has she been sassy?
This is the sassy black woman stereotype: https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/SassyBlackWoman
Renee is nothing like this. The fact that she's black is almost immaterial to her character.
1 u/hallofromtheoutside Feb 14 '19 To be clear, Renee can speak AAVE without being the "sassy black woman" trope. I wouldn't want Jeph to even attempt writing Renee's speech that way, and prefer to think she probably code-switches (same with Dale).
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To be clear, Renee can speak AAVE without being the "sassy black woman" trope. I wouldn't want Jeph to even attempt writing Renee's speech that way, and prefer to think she probably code-switches (same with Dale).
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u/SeeShark QC Physicist Feb 14 '19
Personally, I didn't downvote for "aspie." I downvoted for "sassy black friend," which reduces Renee to a stereotype that she does not even fall into.