Ignoring the fact they're monkeys..
Why are Donkey Kong games so black-coded? And for some odd reason nobody has made the connection even when we've been having this for the past 30 years:
>series literally opens up with DK and Cranky fucking around with a boombox
>DK rap, guns, Dixie and Tiny's general sass, watermelon health, coconut bling, Funkys entire existence, Swankys old school 80s pizzazz
>the bantering between DK and Diddy at end of DKC1, the bantering between Dixie and Diddy in DKC2, very reminiscent of black friendships/relationships
>lots of exaggerated emoting not uncommonly seen in black culture
>bit of a nitpick but the DK family having like a million cousins and siblings with elderly sticking around and no parents in sight
I get hip hop was becoming the "thing" in the 90s, and pretty much all types of media were making references to it, but I felt DK took it just a little step further compared to everyone else, and no one really raised an eyebrow because it was amidst the widescale hype. On closer inspection however.. it's very amusing, to say the least.
>series literally opens up with DK and Cranky fucking around with a boombox
>DK rap, guns, Dixie and Tiny's general sass, watermelon health, coconut bling, Funkys entire existence, Swankys old school 80s pizzazz
>the bantering between DK and Diddy at end of DKC1, the bantering between Dixie and Diddy in DKC2, very reminiscent of black friendships/relationships
>lots of exaggerated emoting not uncommonly seen in black culture
>bit of a nitpick but the DK family having like a million cousins and siblings with elderly sticking around and no parents in sight
I get hip hop was becoming the "thing" in the 90s, and pretty much all types of media were making references to it, but I felt DK took it just a little step further compared to everyone else, and no one really raised an eyebrow because it was amidst the widescale hype. On closer inspection however.. it's very amusing, to say the least.