1. 26 January 2012 · 01:51 PM · 811 notes
    Why does it feel like network TV has unspoken rules for POC characters?

    weirdgasm:

    Here are some I kinda feel are out there for the past 4+ years:

    • No more than half of the cast may contain POC
    • These people may only exist as a support for the storylines of their white peers. Any spotlight on their characters must be a very special episode or hastily conclusion to a story arc that barely gets any attention
    • The home life and family of POC are almost completely non-existent 
    • Family members may be cobbled together from mismatch ethnicities and nationalities without protest
    • If POC characters are anything but submissive, stand up for their mistreatment or defy stereotypes, they will be demonized by fandom (fandom in general can be a bitch for POC actors) and their actors with receive hate mail.
    • The writing staff must have less diversity that the actual cast. Many cultural mannerisms seem to present themselves either from thin air or prevailing stereotypes rather than actual research or even asking the actor involved
    • The world that the POC live in must either be Kumbayahville where everyone pretends that there is no racial tension or that race-based incidents don’t happen or a metaphysical war-zone where racial jokes are lobbed at them nearly ever possibility with no reaction.
    • Traits that other characters have automatically become negative when a POC has them. Confidence becomes bitchiness. Headstrong leadership is arrogance. Sexiness or sex-positivity opens the door for slut-shaming. Intelligence has to be know-it-all behavior. Any display of anger must be linked to militant demeanor or savagery even when completely justified.
    • Under no circumstances must race ever be addressed with any kind of gravity, just passing jokes.

    racismmedia

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      Here are some I kinda feel are out there for the past 4+ years:...No more than half of the...
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      Because the Doctor Who fandom (like all fandoms) can be a big ol’ sack of doodoo.
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      What’s up with Martha Jones hate? Maybe I’ve not seen those Doctor Who seasons but she seems like an amazing character.
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      it pisses me off
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      actually does bug
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