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Hey guys I have a literary question for you all.

What do you think is the best metaphor for racism you have ever seen in a story?

Some writers use fantasy races like elves and orcs, like in Shadowrun or Bright. Other writers use animals, such as Aesop's fables, Animal Farm or Watership Down.

Can you guys please give me your thoughts? What is the best metaphor for racism you've ever seen in a story? I'm asking as research for my writing project.

Thank you very much to everyone who has a moment to respond!

>> No.20591967
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20591967

>>20591961
>Animal Farm
>racism

>> No.20591975
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20591975

>>20591961
>Aesop's Fables
>racism

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20591984

>>20591961
>writing project
>on racism

>> No.20592023

>>20591961
Metaphors for racism are stupid any time you make the distance between races larger, like when fantasy works use elves - dwarves. It just makes it easier to chose a side you like more when the whole point is to give readers the feeling that individuals from different races should be treated equal.

>> No.20592030

>>20591967
Pig supremacy

>> No.20592033

half the board is just posts like this lol

>> No.20592035

Fishman Island arc in One Piece is pretty good

>> No.20592038

>>20592030
The different animals on the farm are not metaphors for different races you blathering retard. If you put this into whatever your project is you're going to look extremely stupid.

>> No.20592041

>>20592035
btw teachers like when you use unconventional sources. so this is a guaranteed A

>> No.20592043

>>20592035
The only problem there is that you would have to read One Piece.

>> No.20592049

>>20592038
This is technically true as Jews are not a race.

>> No.20592050

>>20592030
yeah this is a bad reading of Animal Farm

>> No.20592061

>>20592049
Judaism contains a number of distinct ethno-religious groups and I can assure you that Orwell has never represented any of them in his works.

>> No.20592065

>>20592061
I can assure you that he did.

>> No.20592074

>>20592065
which animals are supposed to be jewish in the story? what about them makes you think they are jewish?

>> No.20592075

>>20592065
What is this some kind of Boomer "leftists are the real nahtsees!" bullshit? Go back to Facebook nigger

>> No.20592079

>>20592023
Yes agreed.

>> No.20592083

>>20592035
>Fishman Island arc in One Piece
Okay ty for the reference I'll check it out.

>> No.20592084

>>20592023
>when the whole point is to give readers the feeling that individuals from different races should be treated equal.
This isn't the point, the point should be to show you that even if different races may have much in common, their interests are best served through ethno-centrism.

>> No.20592087

>>20592038
kek I knew listing Animal Farm would trigger one of you faggits. You never disappoint. ;)

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20592089

>>20592023
this is like when Blight makes the orcs an allegory for black relations and you're supposed to be sympathetic to their plight. Except that they're literally hideous genocidal monsters.

>> No.20592090

>>20592038
>>20592050
Thank you two for taking that comment seriously.

>> No.20592094

>>20592089
>Except that they're literally hideous genocidal monsters.
Sounds like an apt allegory

>> No.20592099

>>20592094
it is a little on the nose

>> No.20592100

>>20592038
sorry >>20592087 and >>20592090 are not me. I will look into this book more I've never read Animal Farm I just assumed animals=race. Thanks for the post!

>> No.20592462

>>20591961
There is no good metaphor for racism (including "allegory" under metaphor here, since you use Animal Farm as an example). Animal Farm is about class relations and not about racism anyway.
If you want to discuss a serious problem as a writer, discuss it or don't discuss it, but fuck off with shrouding it in metaphor, deforming and banalising the reality in both intentional and unintetntional ways.

>> No.20594581

>>20591967
>>20591975
>>20591984
Stupid frogposters.