For brown and black folks here..

If you are watching say a movie with ensemble cast .. whom do you associate with more deeply? Do you associate more with the white cast or with the PoC cast ?
I ask this keeping two things in mind
1) Both of them have layers . They have stories that resonate with your lives . Guilt grief joy all of it .
2) Keep a non judgemental and kind perspective.

Today as I was watching The series BEAR .. i realised how much I was unconsciously resonating with the white cast more than the black cast .. like skipping the black people story plots .. but as I stopped and dived deeper I realised I am very much like Sydney.. a bold little impatient yet decisive young black girl.

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bijouxbroussard · F

Depends on the storyline, too. If the people of color are depicted as villains, I don’t root for them. There are a few tv shows I stopped watching, because brown and black characters were always being depicted as villains, and as a black person myself I found it depressing to watch.

Generally, if a show has compelling storylines I can enjoy it for that alone, without a need to relate to any specific character. But I admit that with some other shows ("Friends" comes to mind) I feel like an outsider and am not really engaged.