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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Baramos" data-source="post: 166106" data-attributes="member: 3435">I think the stereotypes in this are fairly inoffensive. I don't think Pepe or Haji are anymore offensive than the Texan, and the other two are based on Boris Yeltsin and Margaret Thatcher. Actually I just read something surmising that Pepe is based on Manuel Noriega and Hajj is based on Bill Gates. Obviously the stereotype enters in that Noriega being Panamanian is conflated with a Mexican mariachi, but that also serves as an insult to Noriega, who certainly deserves to be insulted.Haji is a bit more confusing, but he's no more offensive than Haji in Johnny Quest. Not to say that Haji wasn't offensive but there's a difference between something that is merely offensive/stereotypical and something which would increase discrimination. I don't think this rendition moves into the latter category.</blockquote>

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