I just tend to assume that using tropical fruit as an image when portraying someone of colour is a Really Bad Idea
Definitely. But knowing that 'coconut' had a specific meaning might make people more likely to see a coconut in the cartoon rather than a bowling ball.
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Date: 2009-03-23 05:23 pm (UTC)Definitely. But knowing that 'coconut' had a specific meaning might make people more likely to see a coconut in the cartoon rather than a bowling ball.