Thursday, December 6, 2012

POC and LGBT in shows I watch (or lack thereof)

I'm having an interesting conversation on FB about how few black or gay people there are in the video games and shows I watch. I think I've said this before...but for real, Hollywood? UNDER-REPRESENTED. There are hardly any other ethnicities, either. These are the things I do.
  • The Walking Dead - zero gay, multiple of like two or three black people alive at all times.
  • The Vampire Diaries - one dead evil gay dad, light-skinned black people who usually die because they are all witches.
  • Glee - don't get me started, there are hardly any black people and they all have terrible story lines. The writers only pay attention to one group of gay people.
  • Rizzoli & Isles - one of the main protagonists is black, and they have one minor black character (who is pretty much a stereotype). Aside from the subtext, not too much gayness. 
  • Buffy - a groundbreaking lesbian couple, BUT ALSO a ton of white folks. Except for Principal Wood, who is a badass.
  • Sherlock - everyone is white, no gayness except when they mention ALL THE TIME that people think Watson and Holmes are a couple.
  • Resident Evil series - no gay people, the only main black protagonist in RE5 is basically a sex symbol...
  • Assassin's Creed series- Leonardo Da Vinci is the only gay person I know of. I can cut this series some slack because many events take place hundreds of years ago. But, on the other hand, the main group of present-day protagonists are all white folk.
  • Dead Island - two of the main protags are black, but there isn't really much of a back story to 'em. No gay people that I know of.

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