Is Brock black?

[The Rusted One]

Originally posted by Dr_Omicron
But that's only my guess. For all we know, he could be Egyptian, which means he IS black.

No, it would actually mean that he'd be Middle-Eastern/Mediterranean, and be of the same stock as the people of the Mediterranean themselves; that would make him very closely related to Caucasians, but not the European Caucasian we normally think of.

[Hanada Tattsu]

Yes, but Brock does indeed look Greek, or some other country in the Balkans, like Albania or Bulgaria; well, maybe not Bulgaria, but he does look Albanian.

[Sunkern336]

Maybe Brock is an African, or of its origins. Many Africans are Black, except for a minority of the African population.
But if Brock is an African, or of African origin, which part of Africa would he have come from?

[Sunkern336]

Another suggestion: Brock is an Indian (In this case, Indians, as in India, and not the Red Indians). The skin colour of many Indians is Black, leading me to this conclusion.
In several Indian movies (My sis looooves watching them, even we're from a Chinese family), I saw several characters which have the same skin colour as Brock! 8)

[Gnight]

i think brock has black in him. i mean, look at his hair.

[Animelee]

Originally posted by Sunkern336
Another suggestion: Brock is an Indian (In this case, Indians, as in India, and not the Red Indians). The skin colour of many Indians is Black, leading me to this conclusion.
In several Indian movies (My sis looooves watching them, even we're from a Chinese family), I saw several characters which have the same skin colour as Brock! 8)

I am a decendant of India-Indians, and, I guess I could see where you're going. Though, I would say that Brock is more of an Osakan-Japanese, since they live and work in the sun, their skin tends to be darker, and their eye openings tend to be a bit smaller than, say, a Tokyan-Japanese.

[homeofmew]

Ash: Asian
Brock Asian
Misty: White
Gary: white

I don't think there are
Blacks or Hispanics in Pokemon.
Please it not supposed to be offensive
In Japan it is mostly Asians and some White people :O!

[Dark Scizor]

Originally posted by Rei_Zero
I'm chinese and my hair is naturally brown-black with some strands being reddish brown.

EDIT:I'm using myself to point out the possible diversity of asians...)

i'm chinese and I have jet black hair, hardly ever see chinese people with reddish hair nowadays lol

But i would guess that brock stays out in the sun too much, hence the smaller peepers and a darker skin tone

[Azure Pathos-Sketchit]

I can't help but wonder about the case of Tracey. (As if you didn't see that coming... ) It seems the animators didn't give him any eye color, but I assume they're brown. Seeing as he reigns from a tropical region, what ethnicity shall we assume he is? Do we still consider him Asian, Japanese, Caucasian, or etc.?

Just curious.

[Bacl]

Originally posted by Azure Pathos-Sketchit
I can't help but wonder about the case of Tracey. (As if you didn't see that coming... ) It seems the animators didn't give him any eye color, but I assume they're brown. Seeing as he reigns from a tropical region, what ethnicity shall we assume he is? Do we still consider him Asian, Japanese, Caucasian, or etc.?

Just curious.

Tracey was created because American test groups voiced confusion over Brock's eyes. Because Pokemon had not yet come to the U.S., and the U.S. is a BIG market, a new character was conceived to take Brock's place.

That's right. Tracey was conceived with the U.S. in mind. That means that his very appearance was created with the intention of pleasing U.S. audiences, or in other words, creating a U.S. character.

If he's Asian, then he's Asian-American. Tracey may have been drawn in Japan, but he was born in the U.S.A.

[Mayamyu]

Don't know if this was already mentioned, but it just came to mind: Didn't Lt. Surge say he was American? I know for sure that he served in the army, and either that doesn't make sense. They had a war in the pokemon world?

[so fly supersky]

I'd say anime characters are a race of their own and Brock is one of the darker skinned ones. Either that or while Ash & Misty are busy playing around in the shade he's busy taking care of the 'mon in the sun. Lazy twerps.


And in reference to an earlier post, yeah it's mostly Japanese and a few white people in the land of Nippon but Bob Sapp is so huge he counts as twenty African guys in Japan. That's something.

[Animelee]

Haha, Bob Sapp. That guy is probably one of the coolest people I've seen in a while. The expressions on his face sometimes are just golden.

In my opinion, Tracey seems to be from Hawaii, since he has a laid-back persona, and he wears green and pink, which are colours usually associated with Hawaiian-type shirts. So, what nationality are the people from Hawaii? I think they're a mix of Asian and Aboriginal, right?

[Bacl]

Originally posted by Animelee
In my opinion, Tracey seems to be from Hawaii, since he has a laid-back persona, and he wears green and pink, which are colours usually associated with Hawaiian-type shirts. So, what nationality are the people from Hawaii? I think they're a mix of Asian and Aboriginal, right?

Are you ready for this? The nationality of people from Hawaii is...Hawaiian. It's true!

You know what's funny? I always thought of Tracey as Hawaiian, except I never really thought about it. It just seemed to fit him, but I don't know why.

Oh wait. Swear to God the reason just came to me as I was typing that. It's cause he's from the Orange Islands! Sp'luh.

[The Rusted One]

Wouldn't people in Hawaii count as Polynesian (the original inhabitants, I mean)? Regardless, Tracey is supposed to come from an island, rather than a mainland, so any Westernised island in the Pacific would be the best comparison, I think...

[Animelee]

I'm one to always be studying the origins of people, and such, but I forgot what "color" the Polynesian people come under. Instead of offending someone by guessing, I'll just wait for a smart person to come fill me in on what "race" the Polynesian people are.

[The Rusted One]

"Polynesian" basically is the race, much the same as people in Europe are Caucasian, those in Asia are "Mongoloid", or perhaps more simply, Asian, and those in Africa Negroid.

Tracey, I think, just to say something relevant, would be Caucasian, and not Polynesian; or perhaps he has a mixed descent, though that's not suggested at all...?

[Zhen Lin]

Polynesian people are the native inhabitants of the islands scattered throughout the Pacific, and parts of South East Asia.

They look like any tropical people: dark, tanned. Not as dark as Indians though.

Native Hawaiians are Polynesian. Lilo (of Lilo & Stitch) is quite certainly a native Hawaiian.

Polynesians are the stereotypical island inhabitants.

To call Mongoloids Asian would be an overgeneralisation. What about the Arabic peoples in the Middle East? The Indians in the South? The Malays in the South East? The Phillipinos (I suppose they're a mix of Hispanic and the aboriginal race) in the East?

Yes... Forgot about the Australian Aborigines... Those people are very dark - almost African in complexion. Must be the effect of living in the desert.

[Chibi Espeon412]

Um, I don't think Brock is black he's just a little tanned thats all ^-^;;;;

[Entropy]

Originally posted by Zhen Lin
The Phillipinos (I suppose they're a mix of Hispanic and the aboriginal race) in the East?

That's Filipinos. The Filipinos were conquered and 'nationalized' by a variety of people, first the Spanish, then the Japanese, then the US.