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Is Clementine from The Walking Dead black?
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One of them is half Filipino, can't take him away from Pinoy GAF.
the wiki page says her mother is hispanic
Completely agree. African American wouldn't have been my 1st, 2nd, or 3rd guess. I most definitely thought she was Asian American, and not because of the eyes.
GAF math is the best math.
soundscream
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You know you can be black and Hispanic right........right?
technically hispanic isn't a race anyway
Discotheque
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i always thought lee was vietnamese...damn
soundscream
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Which is why I responded to your post.
This is true. My wife is Mexican and even though she identifies with being Hispanic it's not like she actually has any ties to Spain. It's more cultural than anything.
If you're from North America and identify as Hispanic you're generally either considered Caucasian or Native American, statistically speaking. US Census backs this up too.
breakfuss
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What, lol? Even by that definition I don't see how I'm "ignorant". If you're going to make that charge at least offer some enlightenment. I honestly do not know a lot of Black people who look like her. I have no problem with saying that. Thinking hard on it, I do have some Jamaican friends who favor that look, but they're certainly few and far between. I'm just as aware as anyone in this thread that the spectrum of Blackness runs wide. And it's awesome that it's being represented this way with Clem. But I won't kid myself and ignore that it was likely deliberate on their part to make her as close "to the edge" as possible. I really don't care, and I still love her character. It's just pretty interesting after seeing her parents.
soundscream
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If you came to thanksgiving at my house your brain might melt.
DryvBy
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There's a picture of her parents in the walking dead season 1 somewhere that makes it clear that she is- or at least biracial.
I saw this the first time but during episode two, I forgot and assumed she was Asian. Makes sense why people asked if she was Lee's daughter now.
PaulExcellent
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She's black. Obviously.
This thread is so strange.
This thread is so strange.
Dash Kappei
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Precious was just her nickname tho, name's Clarisse and it was a novel first ("Push").
GraveHorizon
poop meter feature creep
For further adventures in racial perception, search for "Walking Dead Clementine" on deviantart and observe the artists different choices in skin tone, facial features, and hair.
It's weird how most races portrayed in series with ridiculous color palettes for every character can be whatever color, but black characters are usually brown/black, so you know for sure they're a black character. Or at least that's how it seems to be.
Speaking of ponies and fanart, why do people have such a problem with human Twilight Sparkle looking Indian? That was the first version I saw of her, and it looked perfect to me.
No, I think we already established that people like that don't exist in reality. Stop weaving tales of fantasy and wonder about these so-called "pale blacks".
soundscream
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Shut it down, shut it down, shut it all down!
It's almost like when companies get lazy with female characters and resort to pink or put-a-bow-on-it characters.
Imp the Dimp
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wat is this post
GraveHorizon
poop meter feature creep
Satire.
parody of the "Ruth is BLACK?!" Hunger Games twitters, I assume
VanquishUK
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My friend's official stance is that he has never seen a black person with this skin tone.
By his admission, that is the skin tone exclusively of an Asian person.
And Clementine's skin tone. Asian only.
Well then your friend is a moron.
dr guildo
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Black Athena is a book written by Martin Bernal, about ancient Greece, which claims that this civilisation has its roots in Africa, and more precisely in Egypt (Kemet, litterally land of black people)
Martin Bernal
The book (in french 'cause I'm french, but the author is not french)
Nah she black
levyjl1988
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I doubt she's even a human, she could be an alien.... from outer space!
_illmatic_
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Never knew why it was such a debate about the race of Clem. She is a bright skinned black person. I live in Louisiana and we have some black people that consider themselves 100% black but are from a cajun "creole" background. They look more mixed/white, but they are 100% black. Black is a rainbow or many many shades, and shes just one shade.
KibblesBits
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I may have missed further replies but you're previous comments about not knowing any other black people who look like Clementine gives off the impression that you are ignorant of the fact that there are many black people out there who do look like her and made an assumption based on that alone.
My reply wasn't meant to be an insult really but some of the replies, including yours, did come off as being racially ignorant. Meaning they either didn't know anything about how diverse black people are, where inexperienced with black people in general, or where just being willfully ignorant.
Shake Appeal
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This thread is packed with astonishing posts and I'm sorry I didn't open it until now.
Maybe when you guys have settled this question, you can move on to whether or not Jade from Beyond Good & Evil is black...
Maybe when you guys have settled this question, you can move on to whether or not Jade from Beyond Good & Evil is black...
What does that have to do with anything? Not everyone is from America either you know. I agree some of the posts do border on ridiculous. I mean how could anyone think she was Asian when you see her parents as well? Plus it's Georgia. Then again people see what they want to see. To some, she looks white, to some she is Hispanic, to some she is Asian.
spindashing
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....YOOO
BumblebeeCody
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dr guildo
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Her mother is just as black as Louis Farrakhan, Prime Minister of Nation Of Islam :
Where is the problem ?!
I don't get it...
Yep,we say Mulatre in french(with a accent circonflex on top of the a)...although Mulatre is a kid from a white and black mix,if they don't turn out one or the other,they are mulatre,a mix of both.I thought she was that,I never thought of Asian...but seeing that picture,it's clear now.
MyBodyisReady
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They obviously gave her ambiguous racial features so many people from all walks of life could connect with her. She's even a little gender ambiguous too when you look at her actions. She's a child.
Obviously, if you look at the photo of her parents you can assume she is black if her parents were her birth parents.
But why is this even a thread? Why does it matter what her race is? It's a beautiful game, and a beautiful character. I'm not even sure why her race would come up in a debate or into question.
Obviously, if you look at the photo of her parents you can assume she is black if her parents were her birth parents.
But why is this even a thread? Why does it matter what her race is? It's a beautiful game, and a beautiful character. I'm not even sure why her race would come up in a debate or into question.
There's a picture of her parents in the walking dead season 1 somewhere that makes it clear that she is- or at least biracial.
Yup, light-skinned black to me or half Hispanic.
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