>>31142038You have some good points burried in there, deep in there. It's not really clear to me whether it's better long term for people to ignore potential messages in regards to racism or to see them and correct for them.
But what is clear is that the actors in these situations aren't individuals, it's companies. No company wants to damage it's brand that way, so regardless the idea is to create the least controversy, or if you do play up controversy a la endorsing gay rights in a campells soup comercial who play it into the favor of people who are richer.
Pokemon had that choice, and they picked to make jynx purple, and they haven't gotten much shit for jynx ever since.
