jared on Nostr: If you didn’t like the show, you didn’t like the show. However, the move to make ...
If you didn’t like the show, you didn’t like the show.
However, the move to make more equitable casting decisions in recent years is a positive one for communities that have been marginalized and exploited to build most of our institutions.
Representation is an important tool we can use to affirm the humanity of those we’ve historically dehumanized. Maybe that makes me “woke”. That term was stolen from the struggle of the black community and is now used to belittle any effort to grant them full access to full personhood. Maybe you are a member of that community. I don’t know. I’m not.
The disgust you expressed about skin color specifically lead me to feel like maybe this was punching down though.
However, the move to make more equitable casting decisions in recent years is a positive one for communities that have been marginalized and exploited to build most of our institutions.
Representation is an important tool we can use to affirm the humanity of those we’ve historically dehumanized. Maybe that makes me “woke”. That term was stolen from the struggle of the black community and is now used to belittle any effort to grant them full access to full personhood. Maybe you are a member of that community. I don’t know. I’m not.
The disgust you expressed about skin color specifically lead me to feel like maybe this was punching down though.