It's claimed the character's home of Bikini Bottom is based on a real-life coral reef in the Pacific Ocean Spongebob performs at the Bubble Bowl SpongeBob SquarePants has been called “violent” and “racist” by a Washington university professor. Holly M Barker, who works at the University of Washington, says that the show normalises and enforces tropes about the colonisation of indigenous lands in the USA. The professor’s claim is based on Bikini Bottom, the underwater city in which Spon...
It's claimed the character's home of Bikini Bottom is based on a real-life coral reef in the Pacific Ocean Spongebob performs at the Bubble Bowl SpongeBob SquarePants has been called “violent” and “racist” by a Washington university professor. Holly M Barker, who works at the University of Washington, says that the show normalises and enforces tropes about the colonisation of indigenous lands in the USA. The professor’s claim is based on Bikini Bottom, the underwater city in which Spon...
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