At first upon seeing this line: "Unfortunately, those choices are what one would call "exotic" choices." in the complaint post, I wanted to point out the racist connotations. What is "exotic" to you? Are the only women you're interested in courting blond-haired, blue-eyed Southern belles?
Then I saw these characters he was pointing out.
This Merrill is, aside from pointy ears, facial tattoos, and dark hair, the DEFINITION of Western European beauty. High cheek bones, large eyes, delicate nose and mouth, pale skin (that last one has lately shifted because tanned skin now represents health as opposed to poverty(having to work in the sun), while pale represents shut-in as opposed to wealth (not having to leave the house). She looks like a more stylized Natalie Portman.
Isabela, on the other hand, is more reminiscent of Angelina Jolie after lip reduction surgery, and a lip piercing just for good measure. Her skin is a healthy tan, her face has smoother, less prominent features than Merrill, and her hair is not only the most common type in Western Europe (Straight and brown) but is also worn, with the exception of a bandanna, in the most common fashion women will wear their hair: Long and down.
I don't get "exotic" from these characters. I get Hollywood different from them. And in a way, I think this might make that person that much more racist for demarcating such slight differences from his norm.
