Wow. No, I don't think you're reading too much into it.
I *can* believe that it's "accidental" in the sense that I can believe nobody consciously decided to create that "before -> after" progression that's followed along with a change in skin tone that reinforces racist ideas. However, certainly it seems plausible that even if it wasn't a consciously explicit decision, it's not "accidental" in that the designers "just thought it looked better that way" for a set of reasons that involve racial perceptions. Either way, I can't believe that nobody *caught* that before it went to press.
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Date: 2011-05-25 07:01 pm (UTC)I *can* believe that it's "accidental" in the sense that I can believe nobody consciously decided to create that "before -> after" progression that's followed along with a change in skin tone that reinforces racist ideas. However, certainly it seems plausible that even if it wasn't a consciously explicit decision, it's not "accidental" in that the designers "just thought it looked better that way" for a set of reasons that involve racial perceptions. Either way, I can't believe that nobody *caught* that before it went to press.