Well, it's not really about me. There's an interesting post and discussion going on over at Alas, A Blog about "marked" and "unmarked" characters with manga as the primary example. Go visit. (Yes, I've left a couple of comments there -- you probably won't be surprised that I'm not buying it.)
(I'm using this image because a) it's my fave rave of the month, and 2) it's about how people "read" character representations as Asian or Caucasian, with a fair amount of political baggage attached (I think, anyway), and these are two of the least Asian-appearing characters in one of the most Japanese contexts I can think of.)
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