Drew something and want to know if this is racist
Some info on me: Korean woman born in NC been spending almost equal time in Korea and the states, but currently living in Seoul, doing community organization for peace, environment, and helping vulnerable communities. Been hand-drawing posters for different events lately. This is one of them.
I was mindlessly trying to draw a diverse group of people and people-like beings but on second thought the the middle one might be too similar to racist drawings of Black people? I drew this to get a bunch of Koreans to show up to our weekly online meetings (“we’re a fun little group of people don’t be scared!”) but I also know intent doesn’t negate impact so I wanted to ask people here. I’m aware Black people aren’t a monolith but if enough people feel this is too close to racist depictions I would rather replace or redraw the image for my own sanity.
Thank you in advance, for putting in the labor to help me be more anti racist!
Update: I used whiteout to get rid of the beaded hair and left little hair like they’re just bald (new version in comments). I know most of the commenters didn’t see much problem with it, but after thinking about it more I think if it reminds me of racist drawings of Black people I should simlply change it since I’m not really attached to the original image anyway. Thank you everyone!