I think that much of the merchandise whitewashes Steve (though lighting exaggerates the extent, especially on the box-art for Minecraft and Dungeons). Also just noticed how old this thread is! I do think it's fairly relevant to the 'why' and clearly his race was a topic of discussion before I ever entered it. He's clearly been white washed in (some, maybe most) merchandise. Having noticed that, I'm now near certain that Steve was originally intended to be white. As far as I'm aware blue eyes are pretty much only found in caucasians, and would be extremely unlikely in a first-generation mixed race person too. I just noticed that Steve has blue eyes which is a major indicator the character was originally intended as white. I doubt artists are making him lighter because they see it as better (amongst white people tanned skin is typically considered desirable), but clearly they do see Steve as white, which may imply some bias on their part.įair haired/red headed people have a massive tendency towards the kind of skin that burns before it tans, and they use lotion to prevent themselves from burning. Some reproductions of the character have lighter skin, which does seem a little questionable. Heavily tanned white people can easily look that dark, so it's simply ambiguious. There's absolutely no way you can tell whether he is white or not from screenshots these screenshots of an intentionally low-detail character in varied light conditions.
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