What Race is Princess Peach?

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Mario Kart 8
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Mario Kart 8 (2014)
Duration: 4:08
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Is Mario Kart racist? Is Princess Peach white? Why do so many anime characters look white? Believe it or not, but they're probably Japanese.

Article Sources:
http://arstechnica.com/gaming/2014/05/op-ed-its-time-for-nintendo-to-move-beyond-white-characters/
http://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2014/05/mario-kart-8-review-wii-u.html
http://kotaku.com/5951750/whos-white-and-whos-japanese-in-anime-once-again-the-internet-compares
http://kotaku.com/5627268/why-do-japanese-characters-look-white
http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/2010/08/30/guest-post-why-do-the-japanese-draw-themselves-as-white/
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2014-06-23-dont-judge-far-cry-4-by-its-cover-says-game-director
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gyaru
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ganguro
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Light_skin_in_Japanese_culture

The game videos are all my own footage, however, I have borrowed heavily from images found via google. Unfortunately I can't fit all of the links into the description, but I can provide a full list of links if requested.



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