Yeah, me neither.
There were plenty of diverse cartoons in 1999 like Hey Arnold, Rugrats, etc. How didn't they have at least one black character? At the very least they could have incorporated one in the back to school episodes to correct this, but they didn't. Why is this regarded as the Citizen Kane of Cartoon network again?
>Why is this regarded as the Citizen Kane of Cartoon network again?
You answered your own question.
It's Johnny.
Not every show needs diversity, and they probably would have fucked up the black kid anyway.
>Why is this regarded as the Citizen Kane of Cartoon network again?
Because it did it's own thing without needing to suck up to executives/ current social issues constantly.
I'll bite.
Something can be diverse without a single black character. Also diverse doesn't automatically mean good.
>90's
>suburbs
>No black kids
sounds about normal.
they were mostly white trash
/thread
Anyone who fails to recognize this is a libtard who thinks every black person on earth is a jigaboo bixnood
Jonny's skin color is paler than Double D's, in most promotional shots and even in the show it's about equal to Rolf's. I think they just gave him the nose and baldness to exemplify the fact that he was weird.
How did they get away with this?
I was literally the only black kid in the neighborhood growing up. And that was partly because my father was military so money wasn't a problem.
And this show is like based in Canada or something right? Seems accurate
Made in Canada, but set somewhere in the US, given that the characters sometimes called Canadians weird. It was never stated outright, but given how nearby Eddy's brother was, which was on the coast, and the general foliage it was probably somewhere in the Northeast.
>light skinned blacks don't count as black
>Light skin blacks don't exist
>Light skin blacks don't exist in the US
>promotional shots
But what about the ACTUAL SHOW?
Name a single thing in the show that suggested that Jonny was black outside of people stereotyping that only black kids can be bald
I literally address that in the post, he's on-par with Rolf.
>Official art like the OP shows Jonny as being lighter
>user outright states that he's about equal to Rolf in the show
>BUT WHAT ABOUT THE SHOW
Get eyes
Plank is black
I'll admit I wasn't reading as thoroughly as I should have, but remember, Rolf is not the average white American, but an immigrant from an ambiguous part of Europe.
And Ed is literally yellow.
Poor enough that he needs a piece of wood to talk to, and from what I remember his house isn't in a very good condition.
Also, if Jonny is bald, so is Ed.
And by that I mean he has very short hair.
i was a military brat too.
diversity was everywhere on the base.
strange noone talkes about diversity in those walks of life
Johnny doesnt have the SHIET accent so he cant be black, I also know what pure african blacks sound like so dont pull it either.
Did citizen Kane have a black character?
Yeah, Citizen Kang
>entire show takes place in an unknown middle-class neighborhood
>most kids have aspirations of heading to college
>parents trust their kids to go out at night without getting killed
>neighborhood is actually a pretty great distance away from downtown
The entire show is about a group of white kids living in suburbia.
Its surreal to know that in every white cartoon there are offscreen niggers destroying America kms away.
Why to fuck would arbitrarily throwing in a black kid make the series better for you?
>inb4 muh representation
Speaking as a black guy all it would do for me is question why the fuck they would randomly add in the new character for no reason. My thoughts wouldn't be "oh neat, someone my race", they would be "why the fuck are they throwing in a new character after all these years?".
Remember when the Eds where saved by two nice black gentleman?
>Poor enough that he needs a piece of wood to talk to
People don't have imaginary friends because they're poor, fucking what
>and from what I remember his house isn't in a very good condition
It was in a fine condition, he even had an entire floor to himself as a bedroom.
Jonny's family is regularly implied to be hippies, as they celebrate Arbor Day, Jonny's a vegetarian, and he referenced a couple of Beatles songs in the Rashomon episode. Even if he was poor, poverty doesn't imply that somebody must be black. There's nothing in the show to indicate that he's poor though, your post reads like you're twisting things in your head to make them line up with pre-conceived notions you have both of the character, and of black people.
The cul de sac was probably a gated all white community
I mean, if Johnny doesn't count then:
>show created by canadian, likely taking place in canada
>cul de sac 90s suburban neighborhood
>ed's skin color is literally a shade of bright yellow, implying the colors don't really matter
He was shown to have an afro in one gag. Take from that what you will.
>That hair color
>Those hippie undertones as
pointed out
By God
That's not an afro user
That's a Jewfro
Black people can be hippies, and while poor people aren't always black, and black people aren't always poor, it's not uncommon for black people in America to have lower wages than white people, and I thought his room had a tree growing into it, or something like that. And my point wasn't about imaginary friends, but the fact that it was literally a piece of wood with a face drawn on, Jimmy and Sarah play with toys, and they have ACTUAL toys. Jonny probably got Plank because his family can't afford actual toys.
Good on you for knowing what Rashomon is though.
>likely taking place in canada
Then explain "Canadian Squirt Guns"
>Poor enough that he needs a piece of wood to talk to
He had a great house. The eds ruined it.
More food for thought
Explain
>black character
So asians, latins, natives and the rest don't matter? It's the same damn stupidity with you, ME ME ME! Forget the others, they weren't discriminated, Let me tell you something, jewish didn't have it easy either.
> Another character
That school was empty. Show me one screenshoot that featured a kid that isn't a silhouette or a grey mass, there are no other kids, not in the school not in the neighborhood.
Johnny has nappy wet hair
Kevin's cute here
Fuck off. Diversity quotas don't make cartoons great. Good characters make cartoons great.
Johnny.
But here's the thing. Who the fuck watched the show and went "Where's the Mexican?" "Where's the gay character?" admittedly that was jimmy but still "Why they all white" "Why the main characters boys only and not girls?"
Only shit heels complained about it. Shitheels everyone was complacent with ignoring and letting them rant to their small, small group of friends.
The larger and more popular use of high speed internet did cause the downhill trend of giving these minorities a huge fucking voice. While that may be good in some cases, it certainly fucked things up. Shows like EE&E will never be made again as long as we're like this online.
And it's not just the tumblrtots or the redditfags. Everyone online, even Yea Forums and Yea Forums, is cancerous in that we are a hivemind.
It's a simple fact. There were much more timless, better shows BEFORE social media and worrying about offending/appeasing people online was a thing.
there are many who don't
despite what /pol/ would have you believe.
It was a cul-de-sac, user, they're analogous to gated communities a.k.a white circlejerk suburbia.
Johnny?
>bixnood
This is the first time I've seen this, can someone fill me in?
What was Rolf's ethnicity? What was "The Old Country"?
Mostly based on Italy second the author.
Ah, thanks!
EEnE was about neuro diversity, look at how many disorders those kids must have
Isn't that racist for you to assume all blacks have that accent
Rolf displays a mix of South German and Italian traditions, and Antonucci said he was based on his own family's Italian background to a degree. Given that, he's likely from somewhere in Trentino-Alto Adige, aka Sudtirol, an autonomous part of Italy that has heavy South German influence.
>53 replies
How can this board be so easy to bait
Diverse mostly.
Why was Eddy so pink?
Like the new black Powerpuff Girl?
Why was Ed literally yellow?
They framed him for a crime he didn't commit in the pilot.
Also hell, we don't even know where Rolf was from
he's dirty
Eddy seems to have some irish like qualities
and DD could have some asian in him given he's pastier/lighter than eddy. It's hard to say, but the easiest answer is it's easier to distinguish the three.
Huh, I never noticed that
By being woke and redpilled as fuck