Bridgerton And Race

Bridgerton sees race through a colorist lens by carolyn hinds 01 01 21 8 00am regé jean page as simon bassett and phoebe dynevor as daphne briderton on briderton.

Bridgerton and race. This post contains spoilers for bridgerton season 1 and is based on the netflix series alone not the books. We were two separate societies divided by colour until a. Bridgerton takes on race.

Bridgerton is almost an alternate universe. Bridgerton does feature one obvious reference to race though. And one of the biggest is the fact that while quinn s books take place in the whitewashed reality of 19th century england bridgerton is a show filled with color and race in all levels of its.

In the show she is a black woman who ascended the throne resulting in a more accepting world filled with equal opportunity where it wasn t radical to see black elite and middle class people. But in reality. The netflix hit departs from the homogeneous casting of most period drama imagining a 19th century britain with black royalty and.

What bridgerton says about race class and identity at large at first blush it may seem the show disregards the color of its characters skin in favor of a colorblind worldview. A duke footman lady s maid or even a respected boxer. But its core is escapism.

That would imply that color and race were never considered when color and race are.