>>213669263 (OP)
Was it really only blacks in the US? I'm from Europe and anime was VERY NOT COOL with normies and especially with the best-socially-adjusted people until... I suppose, until the 2010s or so.
I'm way more inclined to believe that it's just an overall human phenomenon.
Also,
> people who used to mock something now pretend to praise it (and maybe actually believe it) just because it's now acceptable and cool to do so
Applies to literally anything else, like music genres.
