Cultural Analysis Puns

♡hello everyone!♡ i hope you all are having a good day binge reading all the 30 episodes! I'm making this post as a cultural analysis of KCD. First I would like to express my happiness at the fact that RC made a story based on India, this has been on my wishlist for a while and I'm very joyful that it came true. it's difficult to portray our Indian culture and I'm glad that RC is doing this! thankyou to my friends u/psychological_mix959,
u/charming-dragonfly87 and u/Charming-Influence28 who discussed the updates with me and helped me make this post! Warning- I don't speak for all the other Indians on this sub, they are allowed to have their own opinions and please don't attack anyone for it. Also I'm not making this post to discourage the writer or the team, this story has great potential and I know that portraying different cultures is difficult so the effort is very much appreciated! Happy reading! (◍•ᴗ•◍)✧*。

Customisation

One of my biggest problems with this story is the customisation options.

https://imgur.com/a/NT1aGH6.url

As you can there are 4 skin tone options. Kashmiri type, North Indian type, Dravidian type and Khasi type. I know the MC is a biracial person but that doesn't mean she can't be dark skinned. 2 tone options are light and the other 2 are medium. RC should have added atleast one dark skin tone option. Most of the eye colours are also very rare, the Kashmiri type is the one that represented me the most as a South Indian. The features are quite euro centric.

Portrayal of personality

Probably one of my least favorite part of the story is this aspect. The story give us 2 paths independence and loyalty, both the paths honestly feel like stereotypes of women. The independent path's MC is portrayed as prideful (I'll adress this later), selfish and stubborn. While the loyal path MC is a floormat and an asskisser. I'll link the official discription of both- https://imgur.com/a/TKgCb29

I'm really annoyed and upset at this. An independent person can be empathetic and kind, they don't have to cold and selfish. It feels like s stereotype of the "bossy" independent woman. The loyal MC's discription is worded better- more compassionate and warm! In the 1st episode when you meet Mr. Rose he makes a unkind joke regarding your ethnicity, if you don't laugh at it and ignore it's followed by the prompt you prioritise you dignity over your relationship with the team- https://imgur.com/a/jM7Umoa you also get an independence point.

Any graduates of this program on here that can provide some insight into course work?

Growing up in the 80s, I didn’t see many male Asian faces on TV playing positive roles outside of Bruce Lee (who was dead already). Instead, I’d get my fix of Asian representation through the old VHS tapes my parents brought from Hong Kong.

Tony Leung was, and remains, one of the most iconic actors from East Asia. So Shang-Chi hit another level for me -- here was Tony working his magic in the MCU. He is one of the few male actors who is NOT being imported for his martial arts (e.g. Jet Li, Donnie Yen), the Asian fool (sorry Ken Jeong), or a dirty Fu Man Chu (yes, you CAN argue whether he was one in this film but I would be on the no side).

But what struck me was that the film exceeded my expectations for its cultural authenticity and accuracy on a lot of things Chinese. In fact, the very heart and soul of the movie, or the Tao, was deeply Chinese.

I started reflecting on it, and decided to make a YouTube video where I conducted a pretty thorough analysis of all the cultural elements. I don't talk much about how it's connected with the rest of the MCU. Check it out if it is something you're interested in.

https://youtu.be/ZI9mGKw0Ls8

Hi I'm looking for recommendations for books with a lot of cultural analysis or setting in cities or places.

I'm not sure how to put it exactly but I learnt a lot about the New York scene and Singapore/southeast Asian scene from You and Crazy Rich Asians respectively.

I want something immersive like that. Any recommendations?

I'm aware that there is genealogical research that utilizes mtDNA, autosomal and Y-chromosomal DNA. But which one of these would be ideal for understanding the ethnic admixture of people and their origins? I'm aware that with mtDNA and Y-chromosome, you can detect an individual's haplogroups, but wouldn't that be a poor indicator in the overall ancestry of an individual?

Thanks

I see a Millennial mindset dominant era as happening between late 1998 to mid 2012. Millennial culture still exists today, although it is not as dominant as Gen Z culture is.

The period between mid 2012 to mid 2017 I think was the Zillennial cultural era, the bridge gap between Millennials and Gen Z for these reasons. It's not meant to be super comprehensive, but I'll try to add as much to the list as possible. The youngest Millennials and oldest Zoomers generally make up this era.

mid-late 2012 (heavily Millennial, Zillennial culture is born with the swag era and rise of EDM trap)

• The release of Gangnam Style, which was an Internet-viral song. (Rebecca Black's 'Friday' was the first Internet-viral song in 2011.)
• Major Lazer – Original Don (Flosstradamus Remix) debuts on YouTube in January 2012, and would signify the start of the EDM Trap era.
• One Direction takes off with popular hit song "What Makes You Beautiful" this year of 2012.
• Alongside One Direction, boy-band 5 Seconds of Summer would also become popular after their EP Unplugged's debut.
• Macklemore and Ryan Lewis releases "Same Love" in the summer of 2012 which was recorded during the campaign for the Referendum 74 which legalized same-sex marriage in Washington later in 2012.
• Famous a cappella group, Pentatonix, launches their YT channel this year after being formed the year before.
• The Hipster subculture, mostly a younger Millennial crowd (originating in the late 00s) peaks this year in 2012.
• The Swag subculture, mostly a Zillennial crowd, (originating in the late 00s) peaks this year in 2012.
• The Avengers comes out this year, along with Hunger Games.
• Project X is released in 2012, a film aimed targeting a Younger Millennial audience.
• The launch of Snapchat.
• Instagram becomes popular with at least 100,000,000 registered users by the end of 2012.
• Smartphones ownership exceeds 50% this year (speaking from a US perspective)
• The Wii U is released, signifying the start of the eighth generation of video games.
• Spotify becomes a new popular music streaming service across Europe and then the US, after it's launch in the US in 2011. It steadily rises in the amount of registered users through the years.
• Soundcloud is on the rise seeing 15 million registered users by May 2012.
• The 2012 election is the first election in which it is heavily influenced by online social media platforms, particularly among young voters.
• Minecraft becomes a hit, after its first full rele