That's fascinating. You know, I looked at those paintings and I honestly didn't even notice the cars. I noticed the color and the perspective, but it never occurred to me to think of the big cars as something white.
But the explanation of the reaction makes more sense to me now. IIRC, Spaceship Yanamoto had a character who was short and chubby and German, and in that context, a German from a WWII background, and my big AH-HAH moment was 'Oh, that makes sense. To them, the Germans were allies and therefore good guys."
And I guess I looked at the style of the art and said to myself, "Okay, that's the style of the drawing, and that's how they draw people." But your acquaintance's reaction -- it's odd. It's so -- privileged? As if everyone "wants" to be white? Why should they?
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Date: 9 May 2010 07:19 pm (UTC)But the explanation of the reaction makes more sense to me now. IIRC, Spaceship Yanamoto had a character who was short and chubby and German, and in that context, a German from a WWII background, and my big AH-HAH moment was 'Oh, that makes sense. To them, the Germans were allies and therefore good guys."
And I guess I looked at the style of the art and said to myself, "Okay, that's the style of the drawing, and that's how they draw people." But your acquaintance's reaction -- it's odd. It's so -- privileged? As if everyone "wants" to be white? Why should they?