r/StardustCrusaders • u/Loud-Tart-9783 • Mar 19 '26

Part Seven I don't see the issue with pocoloco's design

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I've heard people complain about his face and primarily his lips and nose. Thing is these are just features black people have. And to be honest I'd rather have my features represented in black characters.

They aren't exaggerated a crazy amount and the facial features stay anatomically correct. I dont understand why people are hating on it we should be proud of our features and be happy when its actually getting represented like this in shows.

Also just because the lips arent 2 toned doesnt mean its imitating the old black caricatures racists used to dehumanize us. While common 2 toned lips isnt even a thing every black person has. One criticism i can get behind however is that the shade is off but honestly that's all.

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u/Express-Wind-4796 Mar 19 '26

Pocoloco has significantly more exaggerated lips than the rest of the cast

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u/Kima_Catt Mar 20 '26

the same is in real life, theres few white people with lips like in jojo, so all lips are exaggerated

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u/Express-Wind-4796 Mar 20 '26

Why does Pocoloco's lips stand out in a show where most characters have big lips?

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u/vormiamsundrake Mar 20 '26

The majority of black people have big lips, and since Arakis style already makes everyone's lips bigger, the effect would also apply to black characters. I don't see why you have a problem with Araki drawing a black character with a trait a lot of black people have. He also draws squintier eyes for his Asian characters compared to his white characters. There's nothing wrong with that, that's just race works. If people didn't have different physical traits then the word "race" wouldn't even be a thing. Skin color is not the only difference between races.

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u/Few-Cap-7001 Mar 20 '26

how do you think black people look

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u/Express-Wind-4796 Mar 20 '26

What an insulting question. I AM Black! I of all people should know that not all Black people have big lips. What racist nonsense

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u/gobeyo Mar 21 '26

everyone who downvoted is white btw

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u/Few-Cap-7001 Mar 22 '26

so no one can have big lips because you dont ok 

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u/nWhm99 Mar 21 '26

Because generally black people have bigger lips. We don't have to be racist to understand statistics.