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

2 ай бұрын

Of course! There can be no difference! /s

@Pretend_Im_a_ghost

2 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

2 ай бұрын

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

@cosmodusty

2 ай бұрын

HELP

@Riverr5

2 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😂

@AanishkaBhatt

23 күн бұрын

"and this will offend no one" had me rolling XD

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

@seagreenmoon13

2 ай бұрын

All characters in that sketch are 2D.

@plutopaey373

2 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

2 ай бұрын

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

@PastelPixie99

2 ай бұрын

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

@kaylawonnacott6396

2 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

2 ай бұрын

😂 she had fun with that one

@SwordRose_Azusa

2 ай бұрын

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

@Ramekink

2 ай бұрын

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

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

@HopeCrenshaw-hz3nd

2 ай бұрын

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

@imjustvi6279

Ай 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

Ай бұрын

​@@imjustvi6279That's a classic. 😭

@Harudodo

14 күн бұрын

@@imjustvi6279 I actually love that lmao

@devilsdeckofcards

11 күн бұрын

@@imjustvi6279id start laughing if i saw that in a serious book.

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

2 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.

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

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

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

2 ай бұрын

They need u in that story 😂

@TyraToaster

2 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

2 ай бұрын

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

@CatwHolyWater

2 ай бұрын

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

@reddy161

2 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

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

2 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

2 ай бұрын

@@jacksont9455alas, their love could never be pursued

@cowboyprobably

Ай 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

Ай бұрын

Oh my bad I’m running low on listening devices

@bottomofastairwell

19 сағат бұрын

and don't forget, how he DOES get the girl in the end, cuz he's just such a nice guy

Disneys been real quiet since this dropped

@VOID-gz6jk

4 күн бұрын

There is so many examples too that’s what makes it sad

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 😭

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

2 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

@red_moon_in_venus

21 күн бұрын

Aisha was never that close to Bloom, it was always Bloom and Stella. Also, Bloom was getting jealous of Aisha when they had just met/just become friends, but the jealous disappeared as they got closer. I will say, though, that when Nickelodeon took over Winx Club, they made Aisha the stereotypical sassy black character. Originally, she was insecure and was slowly building up her confidence in herself. I hate how Nickelodeon changed her 😒

@devilsdeckofcards

11 күн бұрын

@@red_moon_in_venusomg i knew that the media switch changed more than the voices. she also had a dif name too and i dont think they really made the characters without just thinking of dolls and sterotypes.

@mlpsecrets7931

9 күн бұрын

I feel like Aisha's closer to Musa

@red_moon_in_venus

9 күн бұрын

@@devilsdeckofcards yes! Nickelodeon also changed Stella from being the sassy character, to the dumb blonde. They were just using stereotypes left and right 😭😭🙏

I'd unironically watch a full show where characters talk like this

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

@bottomofastairwell

19 сағат бұрын

don't forget "Oh HELL NAW"

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.

@devilsdeckofcards

11 күн бұрын

there is a song called “funny fat friend” that is like a vent for the stereotype.

This is so on point 😂

@steph_matarazzo

2 ай бұрын

😂 thank you!

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

2 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

Ай 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.

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

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

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

@LilithsCosmicLounge

2 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

2 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

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! 😅

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

Ай бұрын

I was thinking Save The Last Dance 💀

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

2 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.

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

@HopeCrenshaw-hz3nd

2 ай бұрын

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

@camilagrijalva4109

Ай бұрын

or her cousin x_x

the girl playing the BFF is so pretty

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

@flowerwreath-lif3r

2 ай бұрын

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

@originalgenious5264

2 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

2 ай бұрын

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

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

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

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

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

2 ай бұрын

I immediately thought the same thing

This is gold. You two got me laughing real good 😂

Time for a montage of the girl trying on multiple outfits!😂

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!

I'm white and my best friend is black, and even after 17 years, she still hasn't fixed my love life or given me wise and mildly magical advice that helps me to propel to the top. All she does is be a great, supportive friend and have her own life and interests like a real person, like wtf. I feel like I was lied to.

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

The way we all know that the black characters were described as having "chocolate skin" is hilarious, meanwhile, white characters never get described as 'vanilla skinned'

You're both so pretty

Oh boy. Turns out, it's always just best to be yourself.

This is SO 2000s romcom as well!

The black bffs are always my fav ❤

Y’all didn’t have to call out save the last dance so hard 😂😂😂

Every trio needs a white mc girl, black sassy bestie and the chinese

Lmao i can't 🤣 This is so true!!

“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

Dude these are so fun 😂👏

Lol, i want a part too! And honestly yes i very much like all characters to be written well, but i can't help but love the black sassy best friends. But i like it when they have their own story too.

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

Omg 2nd live your vids!!!

@steph_matarazzo

2 ай бұрын

Woooo!! Thank you!

It’s giving Save the Last Damce🎉😂

Mine version is reversed type. In Harems of Metaphore City, MMC is black male (Dutch Surinamese) which he might be intimidating and serious in first place, but he actually funny and has bunch of hidden sides (including his sporty and geeky side). His best friend is a white German-born Polish, who always being a loyal friend for MMC, and he has lack of interest for romance

great video also black bff (sorry idk their name) absolutely ate this look 👌

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?

save the last dance i lowkey rly love that movie tho

Screams Save the Last Dance

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

Save the last dance, this is about you😂

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

I remember reading a book where the characters were really diverse and nothing was mention except things like gold against one of the more diva characters dark skin and honestly i didnt know much about the characters race or ethnicity until i saw drawings of the characters cause skin color was mentioned to describe them once then it went entirely based off of personality after that. When characters' features were mentioned, it usually had a reason, like if they had trauma that left a scar or if they were checking out someone. All this is only going off of my memory, so i may be forgetting a few things, but i really enjoyed the books

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

Wait i need a part 2

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?

As a black man, I approve this message.

I’ve never seen a story like this

Oh my gods a new Hallmark movie just dropped!

I wanna write characters who are more diverse but I'm scared of misrepresenting or stereotyping ;-; This was a good reminder that culture isn't always tied to personality

@Harudodo

14 күн бұрын

The best way to do that is to consume media created by the characters you want to write! If you want to write a Muslim character, consume some media made by Muslims If you want to write an autistic character, consume some media made by autistic creators If you want to write about a black person, consume some media created by black people If you want to write about a transgender person, consume some media made by a trans person Etc It’s best learning from the source so you can make sure you aren’t learning from a stereotype !

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

I guess this can go on the list as one of those "black jobs"😂😂

This is simultaneously accurate and gag worthy

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

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

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

I feel like this is how the icarly reboot is

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

sighs in Shameless

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

The hoops are so iconic to this trope

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

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

It's giving save the last dance

Slang go out of date before a book is published.

Literally Teddy and Ivy from Good luck charlie

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

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

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

Reminds me of the movie save the last dance.

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

Im writing a fantasy romance with a very white, red-haired MC and her love interest is black. . . But peopleeeee 😩😩😩. . . Thats not their defining trait 🥺🥺🥺. Tip: For the record I am of caucasian/Hispanic origin, not a PoC. Still, race can be written in application of sociological factors that may affect who they are as a person, why they are that way and what life circumstances they may or may not have gone theough in comparison to other characters of different ethnic and cultural backgrounds. I wrote a choose-your-own-adventure with a black male teenager MC for college and my sociology professor said I wrote a believeable character with solid foundations for their race and social circumstances, who could be relatable to a broad spectrum of *actual* people of color- not stereotypes.

As a southern person who speaks like the white person who’s received this transformation unironically I am Genuinely sorry to the world 😂 I look like Mr Roger’s and love OutKast I’m sorry 😭

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

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.

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

I love how it’s not a white person playing a white person

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

This was great, lol.

AND I EAT UP THIS STEREOTYPICAL DINAMIC ALL THE TIME