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Jul. 28th, 2015 07:38 amWent with my parents to J&R Steakhouse last night.
Where we sat, there was this mural of the United States of America and all its icons, including the White House, Mt. Rushmore, NASCAR, a Maine lobster, a Nebraska wheat field, a Texas oil rig, the Las Vegas welcome sign, and so on. At some point, I asked them if they'd like to know what it all really represents.
The answer was racism, because I read all too often on Chelle's Tumblr, and even read several magazine articles so far, about how deeply rooted that is in American culture. Dad told me that all countries are racist in some way or another, such as how the Dutch exploit its Indonesian population. (I do understand that the Japanese aren't fond of foreigners of any kind, and something I read recently mentioned that anti-semitism has been part of France since that country's inception.)
Some conversation later, Mom asked me if there's anywhere in the country that I'd like to visit. I declined on anywhere in particular, but did tell her that a visit anywhere might be good for Starbound. At some point, three of the main characters are going to wind up in different states along the east coast, although they are already places we're familiar with (not a coincidence).
(I did read in a newspaper article, only a day or so after I first conceived the fic, that George "Hergé" Remy, author of The Adventures of Tintin, actually took trips to each location pertaining to his work, so that he could illustrate all the details for each scene to reflect their real-life counterparts. Not a luxury I have myself, but something like Google Maps would've likely done wonders for him had such a thing existed back then.)
Where we sat, there was this mural of the United States of America and all its icons, including the White House, Mt. Rushmore, NASCAR, a Maine lobster, a Nebraska wheat field, a Texas oil rig, the Las Vegas welcome sign, and so on. At some point, I asked them if they'd like to know what it all really represents.
The answer was racism, because I read all too often on Chelle's Tumblr, and even read several magazine articles so far, about how deeply rooted that is in American culture. Dad told me that all countries are racist in some way or another, such as how the Dutch exploit its Indonesian population. (I do understand that the Japanese aren't fond of foreigners of any kind, and something I read recently mentioned that anti-semitism has been part of France since that country's inception.)
Some conversation later, Mom asked me if there's anywhere in the country that I'd like to visit. I declined on anywhere in particular, but did tell her that a visit anywhere might be good for Starbound. At some point, three of the main characters are going to wind up in different states along the east coast, although they are already places we're familiar with (not a coincidence).
(I did read in a newspaper article, only a day or so after I first conceived the fic, that George "Hergé" Remy, author of The Adventures of Tintin, actually took trips to each location pertaining to his work, so that he could illustrate all the details for each scene to reflect their real-life counterparts. Not a luxury I have myself, but something like Google Maps would've likely done wonders for him had such a thing existed back then.)