Dude, who even knows.
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siliquasquama said: Orientalist?
modern European “wizards” are a pastiche of exotic foreigners, “Turks” or “Moors” in their colorful robes and funny hats, with occult mysticism derived from mangled phrases in Hebrew, Arabic, or Aramaic, and of course a healthy dose of messed up ideas about Ancient Egypt.
all stories about wizards are racist!
(all wizards are also racist, but that’s a separate issue).
The anime thing where they count like, nuns and nurses as magical types, with their iconic outfits and accessories, is 100% the way these things go
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rendakuenthusiast reblogged this from argumate and added: That's why it's really important to tolerate overt racism - if you don't, you have to make it taboo to publish a work of...
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