Talk:Hatsune Miku/@comment-68.109.57.86-20150211230416/@comment-53539-20150212105103

Erm.... You don't have to be "African American" to be black... "British Black" exists as a term for reasons. And Leon/Lola's providers were black.

Also due to the way the industry is, bare in mind its a struggle for black singers still to get acknowledgement, as sad as this is. In many Asian cultures, darker skin = poverty. Reason being is normally it means you have a laborious job like farmwork or are laborer and are out in the sun a lot. However, if you are pale you don't get out much, and logic states you must therefore have something like a office job which "pays better". This is different in the west where darker skin (tan) is a sign of being rich enough to be able to afford to be away from work completely.

Merli and Lapis show the demonstration of lighter versus darker skin off pretty well. And of the two, Lapis is overall more popular, least in Japan.

Things are better these days then 100+ years ago, but there is still a long way to go before the whole issue of skin colour gets dissolved. No really, look at any top 1000 singers of all time and most will be dominated by pale skinned individuals; despite blacks having MORE influence on modern music. >_<

Also as eevee says, Miku isn't loosing her popularity any time soon. Every time something comes out, it fuels her popularity and keeps the flame lit. This, despite her V3 update being nothing more then a quality leap on establish vocals, and the likes of Kaito and Meiko getting much more... And with 60+ vocaloids besides Miku... Miku can get up to 3,000 vids on Nico Video a month, her closet competitor only gets about 300-5000 a month. >_<