[HPforGrownups] Re: FF: Pretty stereotypes (some SHIP too)

Alexandra Y. Kwan litalex at yahoo.com
Thu Jun 14 19:26:59 UTC 2001


No: HPFGUIDX 20822

Hello,

> *hell* did not say that an Asian character had porcelain skin (actually, I

Actually, classical Chinese writers were fond of describing their female
characters as very light-skinned.  "White jade" is the most common term in
describing skin color.

But yes, I do find it quite offensive for FF writers to change a character's
ethnicity just because they can't identify with the character otherwise.

little Alex





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