When I watch these shows and see how many white protagonists there are, it’s just so unnecessary. There are so many characters that just don’t need to be white. They could easily be Black, Indigenous, People of Color.
And, unless you’re playing, say, an enslaver or a colonizer, there’s really no reason to have a white character, and to have a white actor that needs to play a white character.
And we’ve seen through many recent examples, how historical accuracy with regard to race, isn’t even really necessary when you tell a really great, creative story. Yes, representation matters, but we really need to go WAY beyond representation.
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