I am not a teen.

  • VeganCheesecake@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    7 days ago

    Sure, but I get what they mean. Sometimes you have a minority character that doesn’t very much seem to interact with the plot, nor has many discernable personality trait beyond being part of a minority.

    Representation matters, but it should be done in a way that makes the characters actual people, not just a tick in a checkbox.

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      And there is definitely a tokenism issue in Hollywood. There’s a reason why the “gay best friend” is a Hollywood stereotype.