Stereotypes & Tropes Navigation
Explore our navigation of WWC asks, guides and shared content that discuss stereotypes and tropes.
- Authenticity and PoC (guide)
- Stereotyping Tropes List (guide)
- Character Creation: Trace Your Logic | Check Your Motivations
- Avoiding Racial and Patriarchal Stereotypes (guide)
- Stereotyped vs Nuanced Characters, Audience Perception *Recommended*
- PoC Character Deaths
- PoC Character Roles (guide)
- PoC + Music (guide)
- PoC Sidekicks (guide)
- PoC + Sports Tropes
- Racist Friend, Unpaid Educator (guide)
- White Savior Tropes
- Avoiding Hypersexualization and Desexualization (guide)
- Stereotypes, Women of Color, and Webcomics (guide)
- WoC and Romantic Relationships (guide)
Asian (General, East Asian)
- Aloof Asian
- Asexual Asian Man (post)
- Asian American Women Stereotypes (post)
- Asian Beta Male
- Asian Bad Drivers
- Asian Colored Hair
- Dragon Lady
- Asian Foreigner
- “Green-eyed Asian”
- Model Minority
- Musician Asian Stereotype
- Magical Asian / Wise Asian / Wise Asian Master
- Smart Asian
- Submissive Asian
- Tiger Mom
South Asian | Indian | Punjabi
- Absent Black Father
- Abused Black Woman
- Angry Black Woman
- Black Best Friend
- Black Names | Includes discussions on “ghetto” names*
- Black Person Dies First
- Family Life Tropes
- Funny Black Guy
- Infantilization
- Magical Negro
- Mammy
- Sacrificial Negro
- Sassy Black Woman
- Single Black Mother
- Scary Black Man
- Strong Black Woman
- Slavery Ties (Why We Always Gotta be Slaves?)
- Common Micro-aggressions against Black People (guide)
Indigenous / Native
- Irish Stereotypes Masterpost (guide)
Latine/o/a/x and Mexican
Muslim
- Disrespectful Representation
- Magic + Islam
- Supernatural Muslim (Lycan and vampire focus)
- Muslim Monsters (guide)
- Muslim Character Q Round-up (post)
- Normalized Slur Use (guide)
- Rromani Fortune teller (guide)
- Rromani Tropes 101 Masterpost *By Rrojasandribbons*
