Board Thread:Episode Discussion/@comment-14138255-20161211174540/@comment-25266931-20161219181842

WC-83 wrote: Latino cultures don't exist because there is no Latin America, for some reason only the names are in there (somehow, suspension of disbelief).

It really doesn't matter how Flynt's family lost their shop, only that it happened and it happened to countless others. According to WoR, it happened the same way Walmart killed off its competition: it's prices were cheaper and they were bigger. Thus, anyone throwing their hat into the arena is going to lose their hat.

There probably are Hispanic (which halfway counts as European considering Spain is in Europe) and African names in Remnant, it's just we haven't seen any. Keep in mind Arabic can technically count considering a huge chunk of Africa is Muslim and reads, writes, and speaks Arabic. Saying "they exist but we haven't seen them" doesn't mean much if by the time the show end we never see them. I feel like when people base stuff off anime, they repeat the same problems again and again. Most of anime has character that look and are dressed and live in European and Asian cultural themes. RWBY is no different. They can say those cultures don't exist but we've seen asian style house and martial arts styles. Not to mention names. I guess we're suppose to just accept that a world that had nothing to do with Earth developed cities and clothes that resemble Earthling styles of Asian and European mostly. I don't think the writers gave it much thought. I think when they watched anime that zero'd in on things they liked and then when it was time for RWBY, they repeated those same things. And now they say "they're are no Earthling cultures or languages or races" as a get-outta-jail-free-card so no one asks any questions about how characters look, dress, talk, or the houses they live in. If it really doesn't matter because we're all one people then as many cultures as possible show be there. Instead I just kinda see British, Asian, Hawaiian, and wild west style cultures. Is there a jungle with tribes? Is there a desert with Egyptian style people? Is there a Brazilian place? I doubt it.