Bridgerton Books And Race

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.

Bridgerton books and race. The netflix hit departs from the homogeneous casting of most period drama imagining a 19th century britain with black royalty and. Plus most 19th century period dramas are overwhelmingly white. Bridgerton takes on race.

To translate bridgerton exists in a fictional 19th century london society where unlike today queen charlotte s race was never up for debate. Each of the eight bridgerton books follow one of the eight bridgerton siblings. 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.

Book fans though might be skeptical. 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. But its core is escapism.