[ SECRET POST #3422 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #3422 ⌋

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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

I've never seen a character of my ethnic group in any form of media. Honestly, I'm glad for that. I'm completely detached from my culture because I've only seen the worst of it.

Does anyone else feel that way?

[(Anonymous)]

No. I'm hardly a Pollyanna, but I can't bring myself to be that defeatist. It just doesn't make any sense if you look at the big picture. Look at the history of black actors in the media. It went from the most horrible racist stereotypes to to Auntie Mame to the Magical Negro, all things that are pretty cringeworthy. But if we hadn't had that, would we now have Shonda Rhimes as one of the most influential creators/showrunners in TV today? Probably not. I understand being impatient or discouraged by how slow the progress looks when you're in the middle of it, anon. But because I KNOW progress can be made and it can be amazing, I'm never going to say that I'd be "glad" not to see anyone from my ethnic group represented in the media.

[(Anonymous)]

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I just find it stupid because while my group does get a lot of representation in the media (now) I've literally never felt an inability to identify and connect with characters that don't ~represent me. Still don't, in fact tend not to identify with the characters that supposedly do represent me, only now dumbasses can't seem to shut up about how I totally should identify with and love them more than the characters I actually do identify with.

[(Anonymous)]

I can see where that'd be tiresome. Like you, I still find characters to identify with, even if they don't share my race. But I also allow for the fact that there are POCs who grew up far more marginalized than I did, who might have a greater need than I did/do to see themselves represented in the media. I'm not going to dismiss their need just because I didn't feel it to the same degree.