As a black person I can confirm that I only speak in slang. Only when I write I can stop. I also can’t write good.

@steph_matarazzo

Ай бұрын

Of course! There can be no difference! /s

@Pretend_Im_a_ghost

Ай бұрын

As someone who’s dad is an English teacher, that last sentence hurt me. (Edit: Whose, this is very ironic and kind of undermines my comment BUT THAT DOESN’T MATTER) (Edit 2: I give up, I DARE EVERYONE WHO READS THIS COMMENT TO USE THE WORST GRAMMAR THEY CAN)

@Altrantis

Ай бұрын

@@Pretend_Im_a_ghost Funny thing i in french that sort of phrasing is normal. It's mildly informal at worst.

@cosmodusty

Ай бұрын

HELP

@Ako-bp6gc

Ай бұрын

@@Pretend_Im_a_ghost sorry, part of curse of being black in a YA novel.

“and this will offend no one” is perfect😂

Why is it apparently so hard for authors to write black characters as people?

@seagreenmoon13

Ай бұрын

All characters in that sketch are 2D.

@plutopaey373

Ай бұрын

Probably because they have internalized racism they dont know about and havent tried to unpack. Its good to write flat characters in stories and thats what they think they are doing but really thwy are just making a charcter whos personality is what they think all black people act like but people are people you dont act a certain way because of your skin.

@ferntheinkling

Ай бұрын

@@plutopaey373 there’s a difference between being racist and just not having a full understanding of black culture 😭

@PastelPixie99

Ай бұрын

Yup then if we score a lead role they cry forced diversity

@kaylawonnacott6396

Ай бұрын

A while back I watched a video on male heros and the creator pointed out that it's really hard to nail down traits they all tend to have in common the way you can with female heros, until you pick a race or sexuallity other than white and straight allosexual. It's like we can build any character we want on the "straight white man" foundation but the moment we switch out one of those elements we panic and start reaching out for any stereotype we can cling to. The weirdest thing is that this seems to happen regardless of who is writing. I've definately found plenty of women authors who can't write reasonably complex and believable women characters.

I died at her "girrrrrllll!" 😂

@steph_matarazzo

Ай бұрын

😂 she had fun with that one

@SwordRose_Azusa

Ай бұрын

@@steph_matarazzoit sounded and looked like she was having a blast.

@Ramekink

Ай бұрын

I lost it at "O-key..."

Then I join in as the sassy gay sidekick who just says yas queen and helps do your makeup. Edit: I love how the replies on this comment has becomes us all talking about stereotypes that we fit into.

@Mangohiii

Ай бұрын

They need u in that story 😂

@TyraToaster

Ай бұрын

Time for me to join as the nerdy Asian girl who has researched all the possible date settings for you to go to.

@meq1612

Ай бұрын

I would add something, but I’m biracial and therefore do not belong in this story of stereotypes 😭

@CatwHolyWater

Ай бұрын

@@meq1612I would also add something but I am aboriginal and do not exist in Hollywood

@reddy161

Ай бұрын

​@@meq1612 you could be the new stereotype i just invented: the biracial brave but also quirky girl who's trying to discover whoch half of herself she really is. And at the end of the movie she just accepts-herself-just-the-way-she-isTM

author: i can write non-white middle class characters! the same author: mhm black character sassy. always. also, shes black. oh, and did i mention? she's black! i can write diversity so well. i mean, shes one of TWO non-white middle class characters!

@floatingeyeballs44

Ай бұрын

TWO non-white characters? Who is the other one? The quiet Asian girl with the strict parents and the 6.0 GPA who helps her pass the Big Test? Or is it the sexy salsa dancing Latina who invites our MC to a backyard fiesta with just 300 of her cousins and who teaches our MC to embrace her sexy side?

I'm black, and these parody tropes are hitting home and so overused😅. Feels straight out of a 90s and 00s sitcom.

And the black BFF's skin tone will be described as chocolate, mocha, cocoa, or some other food!

@HopeCrenshaw-hz3nd

Ай бұрын

*“Her beautiful brown skin looked like a fresh cup of coffee”*

@imjustvi6279

16 күн бұрын

I've heard a white character be described like that once too. It was so weird. "Her skin was like coffee, but it was mostly milk"

@witheredteagrounds9692

12 күн бұрын

​@@imjustvi6279That's a classic. 😭

The most accurate part of this was the "Girl🤨" 😭😭

Disneys been real quiet since this dropped

What about the nerdy white boy who snuck a listening device into her bag and will try to confess his feelings to her but later chickens out.

@jacksont9455

Ай бұрын

She’s going to end up with him when she realizes what a nice guy he’s been. The Black boy is just too “different” and he’ll end up with the sassy Black friend.

@HopeCrenshaw-hz3nd

Ай бұрын

@@jacksont9455alas, their love could never be pursued

@cowboyprobably

6 күн бұрын

I would play that role because I have severe social anxiety but it NEEDS to be passed off as just being shy and a weirdo and overlook the obvious problems

@cowboyprobably

6 күн бұрын

Oh my bad I’m running low on listening devices

Remember in Winx Aisha literally acts as Bloom’s best friend and has ALWAYS been there for her. Yet bloom still got jealous when Aisha simply TALKED with Sky and was in empathetic when Aisha’s love literally DIED.

@pancakeandwaffle4849

Ай бұрын

Was Aisha and bloom ever particularly close? I don’t know I only remember up to season 4 and bloom has always been closest to stella, Aisha feels more close to Flora and Musa if anything

Growing up and never relating to Black characters because they were always the same stock sassy know-it-alls, this one had me in tears 😭

This is so on point 😂

@steph_matarazzo

Ай бұрын

😂 thank you!

I'm just supposed to smile and stay out of the conversation and say things like; "Damn," "Shit," and "That is whack."

"But theres a catch, hes black" Nah thats WILD 💀

Ah yes! The Sassy Black Girl Friend! She also needs the Catty Gay Guy Friend, and me! I'm the Funny Fat Girl Friend with no interest in dating and who can sing *almost* as well as the White Main Character.

The video was on point and annoyingly funny, but i was just drooling over the matcha all along

Girls you're killing it with these tropes!!

In the male version the white character is the nerd and the black friend is goofy friend whose only purpose is for comic relief 😅

I gotta say that ive never encountered the stero black bestie in books. Just visual media. I mostly read fantasy though and black ppl are usually completely left out of those anyhow😅

@HopeCrenshaw-hz3nd

Ай бұрын

The Land of Stories and A Tale of Magic had more representation, but I haven’t read it in years so I can’t remember much of how the characters were written

@Efa_Birch

9 күн бұрын

And then there's me, and I have almost everything about my characters' appearance figured out, except for their skin color. Very few of them have an established skin shade, fantasy or no.

“like you in case the audience hasnt made that connection yet” smart line

The slang thing is so insane to me considering every black person in my friend group in high school didnt know half of the slang in movies...its just not the slang we use here LOL

@sianais

Ай бұрын

Which is why authors need to think of characters as people from a place rather than a race. Hell, casting directors need to do that, too. It makes no sense that a group of friends that were close since childhood don't sound more like each other than stock characters. Region and social circles determine that stuff.

Its giving Bring It On 😭 the way they felt like dressing up white girls in "black people" clothing and making them speak "ghetto" while the black/Latino characters just showed them how to dance was cultural exchange 💀 Like they acted like teaching white girls a blaccent was being respectful and engaged

@psycholover414

18 күн бұрын

I was thinking Save The Last Dance 💀

This reminds me of midde school. I had a huge crush on a guy but he said he wasn't sure if he wanted to date me because I was black and he wasn't sure how different it would be. Like wtf. I'm also half white. Glad I dodged a bullet with that one! 😅

the girl playing the BFF is so pretty

And of course it turns out the guy is her brother bc all black ppl are related, obviously 💀

@HopeCrenshaw-hz3nd

Ай бұрын

If not that, Sassy Black Girl Friend must get with the guy because obviously people only date the same race

@camilagrijalva4109

20 күн бұрын

or her cousin x_x

‘Save the last dance’ in a nutshell 😂 (I still love that movie tho😭)

Save the last dance when she gave her those hoops and wrapped her hair up for her lol but I loved save the last dance don’t get me wrong 😂

@madison51307

Ай бұрын

I immediately thought the same thing

Dude these are so fun 😂👏

Screams Save the Last Dance

“And this will offend no one”😅 yes, generic main character and generic love interest totally have nothing in common just because of their skin color

Meanwhile my black bf “You like anime?” “YES FINALLY SOMEONE I CAN TALK TO!!!”

@LilithsCosmicLounge

Ай бұрын

Because black ppl don’t like anime and manga? 😂 yeah ok 😅 Next you think black ppl don’t listen to country music or metal. 😂

@EternalYorkieMom

Ай бұрын

@@LilithsCosmicLounge They do. This was about stereotypes and how different the white MC is from the black boyfriend. I’m just commenting on how inaccurate those are. Because nerd shit transcends it all

Am black girl, can we have some nerd characters please help im desperate!!

@flowerwreath-lif3r

Ай бұрын

I shall write a book someday, and in that book I shall write a black nerdy character (^D^)

@originalgenious5264

Ай бұрын

@@flowerwreath-lif3r you'd be my goddamn hero. o7 I intend to write a book starring a character with terrible mental health as there aren't enough people overcoming traumatic experiences and mental illness while still being badasses.

@flowerwreath-lif3r

Ай бұрын

@@originalgenious5264 YEESSSSSSS. I WOULD LOVE TO READ THAT TYPE OF BOOK. 😍🤩😍🤩

NO BECAUSE THIS IS HOW I HEAR THE NETFLIX ROM COMS THAT MY SCHOOL FRIENDS MAKE ME WATCH

Y'all did so well I was scared to like the video

"in case the audience hasn't made that connection yet" lmao.

No one has summed up "Tall Girl" this quickly before 😭

Omg 2nd live your vids!!!

@steph_matarazzo

Ай бұрын

Woooo!! Thank you!

I just found your channel, love it. Could u do a continuous series where all these characters written by men/women go to school together 😭😭 thatta be so fun!

Lmao i can't 🤣 This is so true!!

Oh no! Save the last dance is one my favorite movies and it’s totally this 😭😭😭

This is SO 2000s romcom as well!

I'm sorry, but I really like that matcha drink on the table.

I can tell they're great actors bc they didnt cringe once

Literally Teddy and Ivy from Good luck charlie

Slang go out of date before a book is published.

Wait i need a part 2

I thought we were going Psych or Scrubs at first but then I remembered we are talking books.

It’s giving Save the Last Damce🎉😂

As a black man, I approve this message.

It's giving save the last dance

You're both so pretty

So a step above hallmarkesque movies where they only meet at work (sassy black bestie underlining) or via zoom for 30seconds (sassy black friend)

The black bffs are always my fav ❤

HA HA HA!!!! 😂😂😂😂😂 As my people would say Giiiiiirrrllll you hit the nail on the head!!!

I just saw like 10 different Disney show flash before my eyes 😂😂

Didn't dare play both characters in this one, haha.

Save the last dance, this is about you😂

sighs in Shameless

This is simultaneously accurate and gag worthy

I feel like this is how the icarly reboot is

Reminds me of the movie save the last dance.

Oh my gods a new Hallmark movie just dropped!

im the suspiciously quiet character that nods in approval when you're done with the transformation

I was buckled in as soon as she said 'hi white main character, what's the emergency' 😂

save the last dance i lowkey rly love that movie tho

It's sad cause it's true, in almost every book I've read it's been like this

As a black man, I will say yeah this is so on point.

As a mixed person, I can confirm anyone who isn’t the most hypnotically Caucasian person, speaks in slang. *ahem* Wassup dawg, u lookin for a ride round mah hood?

So true as a black women i “totally” do all of this 😭

"Bc were so different... bc we have different skin colors so obviously we cant have anything in common" 💀

This was great, lol.

She can also cover her face in black paint to really bridge that gap

and I come in as the pansexual best friend to give my opinion on love and make the white character convinced that their love interest is the one and to leave the toxic one behind

It’s giving Save the Last Dance

Why was I seeing the entire plot of "Save the Last Dance" in this? Lol

Like you! Incase the audience hasn’t made that connection yet.😋👍🏽

That gurls sass is suppa hot fiya🔥

SAVE THE LAST DANCE

The white character looks like she denies being white

AND I EAT UP THIS STEREOTYPICAL DINAMIC ALL THE TIME

It’s Giving The Hayden Paniter Bring it On movie.

Oh no. Now i cant not see the mammy trope 😭

😂😂😂😂

I'm writing a book where one of the main female leads (there are two) has a darker color skin (I'll call her "V" for reference), and the other has a lighter color skin ("R" for reference. Sure, they don't act the same, but that's because of social status and just their overall personalities. V is from a much higher social status while R appears randomly one day with a lot of blank spots in her memory, so she doesn't really have a social status at all. Of course, then the two girls meet and their personalities compliment each other. V is more calm and composed and prefers making a quick yet sensible and logical plan and then immediately acting while R is more shy yet energetic and overthinks things _way_ too much. V can calm R down and R makes sure that V, despite how perfect her plans seem, isn't rushing into anything without all crucial information necessary. There's much more to the story that comes in later, but if anyone actually sees thos and reads it all, could you give me a bit of feedback?

oh shit i think i have a new crush

Omg that's so good and so true 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Yay more m4m!!!!!!!

I wonder if those make sense for north americans, balck and white people being complete different even tho they live like, in the same city, I mean it definetly doesnt for me as a brazillian lol

As a generic white middle class girl, I can confirm that this is what we are like. We have no idea how to date and we do dress like that.

BROOKLYN!!! ❤

DAMN!

Just make all characters white at first. Then do a rewrite where you randomly change 10% of them to black. Just like their physical descriptions

Save the Last Dance 😬

Save the Last Dance, anyone?

Maybe he likes her as she is and by changing herself she's gonna scare him off? Just a thought... 🤔

oh wow this is hilarious

"and this will offend no one." Plot twist: Karens watch the movie, knowing about the plot, have seen the trailers, and post a negative review about it anyways just because of ✨stupid ignorance✨

I'm nither black nor white and this still triggered me lmao. Tho as an middle eastern we have our own share of annoying tropes.