I just saw the first two episodes of the new Ridley Scott TV series, Raised By Wolves, and it was awful. Not because of the cast, but the plot is just terrible. Nevertheless, I noticed how the characters are almost all Black, with the interracial couple, the good Black father... This is imposes by HBO? Just a thought.
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Do to the increasing focus on race for the past 12 years and the focus on whites being evil, open discrimination against whites in work places and school admissions and the celebration of the before mention discrimination has created an increased sensibility to change. Movies are suppose to be escapism but the increase in black characters is unusual compared to movies made 4 years ago so they stick out and instead of being escapism they are a reminder on how society is turning against whites. There is no way around that until race relations get better.
Race relations don't improve by being hypersensitive or over-exaggerating problems. I'm referring here to this specific case, i.e. RbW is not a good example of the problem of black-washing or over-representation. There are plenty of cases that are (Anne Queen of Scots is one of the most recent OTT ones). Pointing out the problem where clear examples exist is one thing, seeing the problem where it isn't actually present is a different thing altogether.
In my view its a sign that people are letting the SJW bullshit get to them and reacting emotionally rather than rationally and thereby letting the SJWs drag them down to their level of reactionary extremism. This is just what they want so they can say things are a choice between two extremes, rather than the reality that there are a wide variety of centrists stances (including left and right) that avoid any form of fundamentalist thought.
I agree with you. I was just pointing the reason why OP and other do not want a lot of black people in their movies even when it is not a problem. I honestly understand them as I do that sometimes but mostly with women in lead roles, and I know it is wrong I just hate feminists and if there is a lead woman I assume it was done by feminists and I just do not want to get involved in a movie /series from someone who actively hates me.