Like the concept of race has any validity to try and apply to people thousands of years ago
The entire film industry is shit anyway, whether you have BIPOC playing characters or not seems to matter little to the wellbeing of the majority of people of colour
In general representation is important, but the film industry is a disgusting propaganda machine such that I would wonder whether representation is actually harmful to the long term interests of nonwhite communities in the same way that nonwhite police are used to overpolice neighbourhoods?
Just ask fans of any formerly underground music genre how nice it is to finally be recognised by mainstream corporate culture, now that your favourite artists are being used to sell cars.
This. I can't, in good conscience, root for more representation of anyone in mass media as it is, for the most part, strictly a propaganda arm of the state. That they feel more non white faces are needed should be more unsettling than empowering.
Like the concept of race has any validity to try and apply to people thousands of years ago
It barely has validity right now.
A Congolese man and an Irish woman will produce children that are considered an entirely separate caste from their progenitors. Swarthy Italians and Leisurely Latino are routinely confused by the Teutonic Texan as of the same breed, despite being born an ocean apart. Sino-phobia drives violence against Koreans and Vietnamese and Indonesians alike. Islamophobia drives violence against the Sikhs. It's all based on knee-jerk visual queues and has nothing to do with lineage, ethnicity, behavior, or belief.
Like the concept of race has any validity to try and apply to people thousands of years ago
The entire film industry is shit anyway, whether you have BIPOC playing characters or not seems to matter little to the wellbeing of the majority of people of colour
Representation matters. Not nearly as much as material conditions, but it matters.
In general representation is important, but the film industry is a disgusting propaganda machine such that I would wonder whether representation is actually harmful to the long term interests of nonwhite communities in the same way that nonwhite police are used to overpolice neighbourhoods?
Just ask fans of any formerly underground music genre how nice it is to finally be recognised by mainstream corporate culture, now that your favourite artists are being used to sell cars.
This. I can't, in good conscience, root for more representation of anyone in mass media as it is, for the most part, strictly a propaganda arm of the state. That they feel more non white faces are needed should be more unsettling than empowering.
It barely has validity right now.
A Congolese man and an Irish woman will produce children that are considered an entirely separate caste from their progenitors. Swarthy Italians and Leisurely Latino are routinely confused by the Teutonic Texan as of the same breed, despite being born an ocean apart. Sino-phobia drives violence against Koreans and Vietnamese and Indonesians alike. Islamophobia drives violence against the Sikhs. It's all based on knee-jerk visual queues and has nothing to do with lineage, ethnicity, behavior, or belief.
Undeniable.