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The stereotype has become sufficiently well recognised to attract satire. In The Big Over Easy , Jasper Fforde includes a protest against it by "the albino community" among his imaginary news clippings, most of which satirize stock characters and hackneyed plot devices. ORIGINS OF THE ARCHETYPE This phenomenon may be a form of inverted racism; an introduction of attitudes to people with albinism from Africa or Jamaica, where those with that condition are sometimes regarded as cursed; an expansion of the "evil Nazi " idea; a combination of several of the above; or a development separate from any of them. Another explanation of this may be sought in respective ideals of beauty - most Evil Albinos appear in works of fiction from the West, written during eras where tanned skin was considered attractive. In fiction from has not depicted Evil Albinos - eg. Sephiroth - however, interestingly enough, Evil Albinos in Japanese fiction (Sephiroth included) are often depicted as " Pretty-boy villains" whose beautiful appearance is used for a Cognitive Dissonance effect against their moral evil. The "Evil Albino" archetype can also have its roots in folklore and mythology. Legends of Vampires may have its origin in misunderstandings of albinism, since vampires are often described as pale-skinned and fearful of sunlight. Some cultures in Neolithic Eastern Europe also depicted Death as a pallid woman with light hair. EXAMPLES
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