Just to make sure, what is the difference between Noble Bigot and Politically Incorrect Hero?
Please correct me if I'm wrong, but I had the impression that:
- A Noble Bigot is an otherwise decent person, who holds prejudices that are common for the time/setting.
- A Politically Incorrect Hero's prejudices are (or shown to be) unacceptable even in the setting.
Hmm, I'm having a bit of a problem with the page quote, I hope this doesn't turn into a religious discussion. But the thing is, the page quote seems to be explained through the literature section.
So there are three things thats wrong with it:
One: it doesn't really show Noble Bigot. Yes, it's missing in context, but I feel like it's a different trope.
Two: it seems biased
Three: people who truly know the story, might get offended by it.
"Particularly strange to modern people is that several of those founders who owned slaves still opposed slavery. Thomas Jefferson and John Jay are notable examples. They often justified this by saying that slavery had been forced on them by British economic policies; while this is a remarkably self-serving view, they did at least acknowledge that slavery was wrong."
Shouldn't this mention the blatant self-serving hypocrisy rather than link to 'fairforitsday'?
The Mass Effect example is getting pretty out of hand. As the series unfolds it's becoming more and more apparent that this trope is one facet of the whole reason for the series, with Commander Shepard being a nexus point bringing together multiple disparate groups who must learn to work together for the good of all. We might want to think about paring the example down a bit, summarizing it, just so that we don't end up listing everything in the whole series.
Does this trope require that the trait be portrayed as negative, or can it be used unintentionally? (In the latter case, is it always YMMV?)
Changing the example, as it seems to be negatively motivated, and doesn't apply. Jesus spoke to an audience that held negative convictions about Samaritans, using a Samaritan to invert and challenge these convictions. Please, no more personally motivated examples. Thank you.