It's an ongoing effort; an example of a wonderfully diverse fictional universe is that of Firefly/Serenity, and it is in many ways, but in others it isn't. I love Book and Zoe--- I love them all --- but why in a universe where Mandarin is a lingua franca are there so few Asian people onscreen? Now my point in this example is not to disparage Firefly, which I love, but to point out that we keep moving onward, moving upward, and getting better and better as we keep creating, but we can only do that if we're mindful and take risks.
tiamatschild made me read this post to stop me wibbling, and lo, she is wise.
Because I always come out of these discussions feeling like -- it's not even so much the implication that I am the by-now-proverbial Little Bit Racist. Because I know that. But someone always brings up how Firefly is problematic and Star Trek is even more problematic -- which they are -- and the nonwhite characters in them Aren't Good Enough or whatever -- which upsets me, because oh, well, you're a fan of said nonwhite character but that's just part of the problem. Which is seriously the vibe I get sometimes.
I just feel like-- we're not going to achieve the Perfect Diverse Show anytime in the immediate future. We're going to have to work toward it. How is enjoying the good parts of the current compromises a bad thing?
Bleh. Anyway. Is an excellent and thinky post.
*uses Zoe icon, because there is never a bad time for Zoe*
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Date: 2006-09-23 10:53 pm (UTC)Because I always come out of these discussions feeling like -- it's not even so much the implication that I am the by-now-proverbial Little Bit Racist. Because I know that. But someone always brings up how Firefly is problematic and Star Trek is even more problematic -- which they are -- and the nonwhite characters in them Aren't Good Enough or whatever -- which upsets me, because oh, well, you're a fan of said nonwhite character but that's just part of the problem. Which is seriously the vibe I get sometimes.
I just feel like-- we're not going to achieve the Perfect Diverse Show anytime in the immediate future. We're going to have to work toward it. How is enjoying the good parts of the current compromises a bad thing?
Bleh. Anyway. Is an excellent and thinky post.
*uses Zoe icon, because there is never a bad time for Zoe*