>>50896408Iris being a Native American makes way more sense than her being black. I once speculated that she was a descendant of the two brothers that split the Original Dragon, and their peoples, but I was told that I was wrong and that Drayden says he found her somewhere else. Alder and Benga don't look Native American, they look like white people dressed in Native American-like garbs, that wanted to get more in tune with their spirit/nature.
>When Iris debuted, people didn't like her because she was blackI don't remember Iris being disliked because she was black, and I was around during the B/W leak season/hype season.
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>>50896500 sounds closer to reality. The anime just made her Unova Misty but way less competent. It's a pretty jarring clash from the way she is in the games, wherein she's super talented, sweet, and very energetic.
>Nessa saw the same kind of shitposting because racists think if a black character isn't straight up blackface, they have to be something else, nor can they accept that a black character is popular.While this is true, I think Nessa is probably an Indian/Paki character, just because of the region being Britain. I know that black people exist in Britain, I just can't help but think it's a little more likely. But I wouldn't mind if Nessa was black and I was wrong, I'm just saying.
Never played platoon but if Marina is your pic related she definitely seems black.
