7. Super Mario 3D World
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But isn’t the beloved Mario something of a racist stereotype? He is short, rotund, sports a moustache, has a big nose and loves pasta. Now I can’t argue that pasta is certainly a popular dish in Italy, but surely not all Italians are fond of it?
Also Mario’s enemies in the video game are known as “Goomba”, which comes from the word goombah, which amongst other things refers to “a member of a secret chiefly Italian-American crime organization”. And most Americans of Italian origin would surely be offended if called that…