‘Dragonball Z’ Taught Me That Race Is a Social Construct

Turning lemons into unapologetically Black cartoon characters

Chika Ekemezie
LEVEL
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4 min readFeb 5, 2021

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Photo; Jean-Marc Zaorski

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Anyone who watches Dragon Ball Z knows that Piccolo is Black. Yes, he’s green. Yes, he was born from an egg. And yes, I know that…

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Chika Ekemezie
LEVEL
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Chika is a freelance writer who writes about the politics of life. Follow her on Instagram and Twitter (she’s on both way too much).