3 dimensional portrayals of women of color, but only if they have white male love interests
26 min readAug 28, 2022
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I am glad to see more 3 dimensional representations of women of color in mainstream media. However, I’ve largely been frustrated by the erasure and dehumanization of men of color in these stories, and the elevation of white men as the most desirable, perpetuating white male supremacist ideas, and want to see way more stories of people of color being romantic partners with other people of color. I won’t know how much of this is related a long history of white gatekeepers, writers, producers, executives…