[theqoo] KOREAN WEBTOON BEING IN A CONTROVERSY FOR ITS RAC**M OVERSEAS

The setting is around the Old West / American Civil War era.

The main character (the “bottom” in the relationship) is the eldest son of a family that owns a large ranch.

The love interest (the “top”) is of mixed Native American ancestry.

There seems to be some controversy over the story’s portrayal of:
– A plantation owner who uses black slaves being depicted as a kind and sympathetic character.
– The fact that this character is portrayed as someone who voluntarily frees his black slaves.

“I read this story for the first time, and seeing the summary of black people’s painful history condensed into just two panels to end with a white protagonist freeing slaves with a single cool line of dialogue, isn’t that really belittling the history of oppression and turning it into a cliche scene to highlight the protagonist’s benevolent character? Isn’t that going too far?”

“It’s blatant rac**t propaganda. If you genuinely think this is okay, how about drawing a BL manga set in 1940s Seoul where a commoner calls herself a s** slave to an Imperial Japanese Army soldier? You’re truly out of your mind”

1. Just scrap the whole thing… 

2. No but how does this even become part of the plot?

3. Hul and it’s from a popular author too;; 

4. Why did they need to go there with the plot…?

5. Why is this necessary?

6. Don’t they know not to touch other people’s country’s history…

7. No but, what is that premise…? You mean nobody realized it was problematic while it was being serialized?

8. At this rate, just do it in a fantastic world instead

9. This is not it….

10. Ugh why are they touching such a painful part of history?