Opinion | Noah Berlatsky: 'The good news is pop culture may be finally broadening its collective imagination.' - NBCNewsTHINK
."“Why is Rue a little black girl?” one typical tweeter asked in confusion."Call me racist but when I found out Rue was black her death wasn’t as sad," another admitted.
Another example that Thomas discusses is the character of Bonnie in the television series"The Vampire Diaries," which ran on The CW from 2009 to 2017. In the novels on which the series is based, the character of Bonnie is white. But for the show theHistorically, teen soap operas like "Beverly Hills 90210" had few black characters. Thomas says she thinks that casting Graham came "out of an impulse to do good," and to push for change.
However, both creators and fans had difficulties with a black Bonnie. The white Bonnie in the novels was a major character and had numerous romantic plotlines. On the show, though, Bonnie was relegated to a secondary role, and was never allowed to be a romantic rival to the white protagonists."She just became sort of the bitchy black best friend," Thomas says."A noble intent ended up creating a stereotypical, flat and problematic character.
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