This entire conversation is leading me to realize a lot of you all think whitewashing is just turning a character WHITE as in th race when it's the act of erasing dark skinned representation in favor of lighter skin tones 😭
@Berrypeachy_ People emphasising chocolate are missing the point & making it seem unreasonable, but it really is a matter of "This character's flesh (the toons aren't food, its flesh) is brown, a realistic skin colour. Choosing to take their brown flesh colour & make it white seems deliberate"
So Cosmo HAS to be black for him being a brown chocolate Swiss role. But Cocoa can be asian? Not black. But is it weird to compare chocolate objectified things to black ppl? But if u don't then your racist. Idk I'm so confused ngl / gen.