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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BohemianBabe · M

I think there's a lot of elements to something like this, including intersectionality and the roles that various identities play in a character's experience. A lesbian might be more likely to relate to Batwoman than Batman because dealing with homophobia is part of Batwoman's background. But then you have characters like Harley Quinn and Poison Ivy who are also queer, but homophobia isn't really part of their stories. So a lesbian might like them, but not relate to them based on their sexual orientation.

It's an interesting topic, and usually a lot deeper than just, I like this character because they're X and I'm X.