A little racist?

[BaTuo]

Maybe it's just me but i noticed taht MAx says some kind of racial stereotype things., Drinks " Lemon CRIME", tells Pete not to read books in some of the conversation. Talks about Meals on Wheels. Then the questionable comments that aren't racist. Biting his pillow and "fruit pounders"

[LadstonFelisGaming]

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Maybe it's just me but i noticed taht MAx says some kind of racial stereotype things., Drinks " Lemon CRIME", tells Pete not to read books in some of the conversation. Talks about Meals on Wheels. Then the questionable comments that aren't racist. Biting his pillow and "fruit pounders"

Max is more in line with the “90s cool kid” stereotype than anything racial. Reasons being:

1. “Lemon Crime” is a flavor of the in-universe drink Punch-O, of which you can find a box in the grass a little ways southeast of the oak tree. Upon discovery, the characters’ comments reflect that the name of that particular flavor got Tropicop some flak from concerned parents. Naturally, the cool kid’s parents let them drink it because it’s just a punny flavor name. If anything, the only thing you can really take from that for Max as a character is that he likes lemon-flavored things. Is liking lemon racist? Hardly.

2. Telling Pete not to read so much is because they’re polar opposites. Pete is the stereotypical nerd to Max’s cool kid. As you noted, OP, they’re also friends. So it’s really just banter essentially telling Pete to live a little. Again, nothing racist.

3. Meals on Wheels were basically delivery services like we have today. Anyone can use them, so how is him mentioning them racist?

4. The miscellaneous comments just tell us more about his character. “Biting his pillow” tells us that he often dreams of food. This is also known as a “Marshmallow Dream” in trope-speak (https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/MarshmallowDream). As for the fruit pounders, he isn’t the only one who talks about them. Pete does, too. Like Punch-O, it’s a fictional snack food that the kids likely enjoyed before getting shrunk. Probably analogous to Gushers or the various kinds of fruit gummies irl. What can we take from those? He likes food, with an emphasis on sweet and fruity stuff. That’s a pretty common preference for most modern kids, so that can’t be racist.

Sounds to me like you’re seeing things that aren’t there and making huge conclusion jumps from fairly innocuous details. It helps to know as many details as possible before stating a stance on something.

[BaTuo]

Well with your explanation you mention dialogue I haven't heard. So, yes, the way you explain it it does seem much more innocent. I'm not sure where you live but here in the US Meals on Wheels is a program that helps needy families .They drive around and drop off meals for people who qualify for their program. Which i thought placed him in the poor ,uneducated stereotype that many see here in the US along with the other comments. But adding in the things I haven't heard it does put the other statements in a different light. Thank you for sharing. This was the type of post I have been looking for.

[Skeletorn]

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Maybe it's just me but i noticed taht MAx says some kind of racial stereotype things., Drinks " Lemon CRIME", tells Pete not to read books in some of the conversation. Talks about Meals on Wheels. Then the questionable comments that aren't racist. Biting his pillow and "fruit pounders"

Funny thing is you are serious, Stop screaming pick me Liberal.

[Plake]

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I originally just sought to ask people what they thought. Thinking maybe I was taking it the wrong way. After getting told unhelpful *bleep* here with the exception of the first post, I asked some african americans i know IRL all of which said they percieved it as racist. And all of which aren't the type to be easily offended and get along with other races no problem and always have.

Looks like those "friends" are VERY EASILY offended by nothing, time to find some new ones...

[Chief2toke]

Can't go nowhere without running into this kind of garbage! Those who focus on racial thoughts are usually racist themselves. Get a life fella , stop wondering what other think so much!! Better yet, get a hobby or a girlfriend!

[TheeMan]

all the kids are pretty normal to me and they are nice for this game too at the sametime.

[The Knight of Faerie]

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Well with your explanation you mention dialogue I haven't heard. So, yes, the way you explain it it does seem much more innocent. I'm not sure where you live but here in the US Meals on Wheels is a program that helps needy families .They drive around and drop off meals for people who qualify for their program. Which i thought placed him in the poor ,uneducated stereotype that many see here in the US along with the other comments. But adding in the things I haven't heard it does put the other statements in a different light. Thank you for sharing. This was the type of post I have been looking for.

https://www.mealsonwheelsamerica.org/learn-more/the-issue

Meals on Wheels provides meals for the elderly. There is no racial stereotyping here. Nor is it a "you must be poor" stereotype either.

Services like food pantries, food giveaways, and the like are aimed at helping the poor have enough to eat. Where I live, there's an organization called Labor Harvest which regularly does food giveaways for the needy. You need to register with them, and fall within a low income or poor financial status. There's also the Food Pantry, which requires a social services worker to put in a recommendation before you can get a care package from them.

[The Knight of Faerie]

If there is any stereotyping going on in Grounded, it's not racial stereotyping. It's that the characters are SOCIAL stereotypes. You have "The Cool Kid", "The Brainy Kid", "The Tomboy", and "The Athlete" (I think). Their skin colors could be anything, and it wouldn't change what the stereotypes are.

[Contrador]

I like the way everyone is polite to OP, cause my first and only reaction would be ♥♥♥♥ off.

[Plake]

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I like the way everyone is polite to OP, cause my first and only reaction would be ♥♥♥♥ off.

Unfortunately there are a lot of moderators on steam willing to cater to cancel culture, instead of following common sense...

[bean]

Based on the title, I thought this thread concerned a shrunken bigot you encountered in the game.

Like, a tiny bigot riding an orange caterpillar and whistling Dixie.

[Nootropikum]

what an bla bla. get some ritalin.

[Anger]

This thread is no longer constructive and has therefore been locked. Thanks for your understanding.