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| The main inconsistency is that the land that John is trying to reclaim (land back!) is not where the Pueblo people historically occupied. Any cultural/historical inaccuracies and inconsistencies in the show can be explained by John not knowing all thefacts about his ancestry, as many non-white people in the USA may find it difficult to trace their family, especially with 90's technological limitations. John Redcorn may be of mixed ancestry, and only choosing to tell Bobby about the Pueblo part of his heritage. And the show was mostly written by non Native American people, and created by a white guy, and those dudes probably aren't the most knowledgeable about Native American culture. | The main inconsistency is that the land that John is trying to reclaim (Dale got 12 acres of land back for him!) is not where the Pueblo people historically occupied. Any cultural/historical inaccuracies and inconsistencies in the show can be explained by John not knowing all the facts about his ancestry, as many non-white people in the USA may find it difficult to trace their family, especially with 90's technological limitations. John Redcorn may be of mixed ancestry, and only chose to tell Bobby about the Pueblo part of his heritage. And the show was mostly written by non Native American people, and created by a white guy, and those dudes probably aren't the most knowledgeable about Native American culture. |
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| Many of these cultural clues for John's heritage are going to be jumbled up because white American writers often confuse different Native American tribes for each other, and put them under just a big "Native American" name. It's pretty similar to how American writers mix up different aspects of Asian culture, like (example) thinking Japanese people celebrate Chinese New Year and do Tae Kwon Do (that's Korean!). A lot of King of the Hill is based on stereotypes for all the characters, whether they're white conservative law-mowing rednecks or over-achieving Asians escaping their home country's genocide. | Many of these cultural clues for John's heritage are going to be a little mixed up. White American writers often confuse different Native American tribes for each other, and put them under just a big "Native American" name. It's pretty similar to how American writers mix up different aspects of Asian culture, like (example) thinking Japanese people celebrate Chinese New Year and do Tae Kwon Do (that's Korean!). A lot of King of the Hill's humor is based on stereotypes for all the characters, whether they're white lawn-mowing rednecks or over-achieving Asians escaping their home country's genocide. |
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| There's also the aspect of US American culture for non-white people in real life BEING mixed up together - Asian Americans kids often hang out with each other, regardless if they're Indian (from India!!!) or Vietnamese or Chinese, because they're already being thrown under the Asian umbrella by their non-Asian peers, and there is a little bit of shared culture from immigration and food and parenting and stuff. Hell as I've said before, when I was growing up I tended to latch onto ANY of the rare characters or cool people that was not just some white dude (lemme tell you about how Asian kids LOVED Rey Mysterio...) because... being non-white is its own sort of upbringing in the majority-white United States!! | There's also the aspect of US American culture for non-white people in real life actually BEING mixed up together as part of the "melting pot". Asian Americans kids often hang out with each other, regardless if they're Indian (from India!!!) or Vietnamese or Chinese, because they're already being thrown under the Asian umbrella by their non-Asian peers, and there is a little bit of shared culture from immigration and food and parenting and stuff. Hell as I've said before, when I was growing up I tended to latch onto ANY of the rare characters or cool people that was not just some white dude (lemme tell you about how Asian kids LOVED Rey Mysterio...) because... being non-white is its own sort of upbringing in the majority-white United States!! Some may find umbrella terms useful for solidarity, and to find connections through shared experiences and common goals. While others may prefer to identify as their more specific identity - see how Ted Wassanasong expresses disappointment in Kahn for equating his Laotianness (and vengeance against white dudes lol) with Chinese railroad slaves. |
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| But anyways. That's enough for today. I feel like I can talk about racial stereotypes in cartoons all day long let alone the way they're handled (for better or worse or surprisingly woke for the 90's in the era of South Park and shock jock radio) in King of the Hill LMAO don't you hold your breath for my blog post about Kahn and Connie! But yeah this is still part of my "ode to a dude" blog series so I have to also analyze the Native American heritage of cartoon characters Nathan Explosion, Brock Samson, and Wolverine. Soon... this might go past Blaugust. | But anyways. That's enough for today. I feel like I can talk about racial stereotypes in cartoons all day long let alone the way they're handled (for better or worse or surprisingly woke for the 90's in the era of South Park and shock jock radio) in King of the Hill LMAO don't you hold your breath for my blog post about Kahn and Connie! But yeah this is still part of my "ode to a dude" blog series so I have to also analyze the Native American heritage of cartoon characters Nathan Explosion, Brock Samson, and Wolverine. Soon... this might go past Blaugust. |
