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Sep 22, 2021 8:58 AM
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So is nobody going to talk about how Rock Lock has the ghetto stereotypical black voice-
When I first saw him on screen I felt represented as a POC they even got the hair texture right and didn't overexaggerate facial features but then he started talking and- ooooof
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Sep 22, 2021 9:11 AM
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True, but then when Mirko was introduced in the dub some people complained that she didn’t sound black enough. There’s no winning.
Sep 22, 2021 9:14 AM
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I read this too fast and got confused thinking you were talking about rock lee lol I looked too fast and said wtf
Sep 22, 2021 9:27 AM
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Idk, I didn't think he sounded "ghetto" at all. Was he saying some crazy slang? I don't remember that. The voice actor is a black dude from Texas.
Sep 22, 2021 9:49 AM
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todoxbami said:
So is nobody going to talk about how Rock Lock has the ghetto stereotypical black voice-
When I first saw him on screen I felt represented as a POC they even got the hair texture right and didn't overexaggerate facial features but then he started talking and- ooooof


I'm just glad they didn't get a white person to voice him
I'm pretty sure they wouldn't do that now, but they have in the past-
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Sep 22, 2021 10:04 AM
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Messiah357 said:
I read this too fast and got confused thinking you were talking about rock lee lol I looked too fast and said wtf


I thought they were talking about Rock Lee as well lmao
Sep 22, 2021 11:36 AM
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Messiah357 said:
I read this too fast and got confused thinking you were talking about rock lee lol I looked too fast and said wtf
aceoptimum_01 said:
Messiah357 said:
I read this too fast and got confused thinking you were talking about rock lee lol I looked too fast and said wtf


I thought they were talking about Rock Lee as well lmao


Same lol

todoxbami said:
So is nobody going to talk about how Rock Lock has the ghetto stereotypical black voice-
When I first saw him on screen I felt represented as a POC they even got the hair texture right and didn't overexaggerate facial features but then he started talking and- ooooof


Speaking as someone who is not a POC, I do think it’s goofy af when even the dub actors are directed to speak in exaggerated ways especially for characters who are POC. It’s like they have to speak a certain way just to get across the point the character is brown or black. I’ve always heard Picolo and Jet Black were better reps for POC in anime. Interesting that we still see this issue still happening today in popular shows like MHA.
Sep 22, 2021 1:17 PM
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As a POC myself, I'd like to say: No one gives a crap lol. It's not a big deal so shut up and move on🙄
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Sep 23, 2021 6:43 AM
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To be fair Japan's non-Asian population is less then ~0.6% they don't really have POC in their eyes makes it a lot harder then in America they also defer to like 50 well known VA's
Sep 23, 2021 7:15 AM
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The dub VA speaks like that naturally? Same goes for when he voices in other works like Kay/O in Valorant. Is it bad to have representation with appropriate VAs?
Sep 23, 2021 3:53 PM
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In my honest and humble opinion, your mom
Sep 27, 2021 9:10 AM

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The guy who voices him is black. It's not like Chris Sabat in Panty & Stocking level shit, it's literally just how he talks
Sep 14, 3:16 PM
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We can’t have it all sadly. Fr we don’t all sound like that lmao
Sep 14, 3:16 PM
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Reply to AustinJamB
True, but then when Mirko was introduced in the dub some people complained that she didn’t sound black enough. There’s no winning.
@AustinJamB True
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