Bridgerton Mixed Race

Showrunner chris van dusen shared to et many historians believe that queen charlotte was england s first queen of mixed race i started to wonder what that could have looked like.

Bridgerton mixed race. 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. While the shondaland netflix original series bridgerton is not technically a historical drama in. Netflix s bridgerton is a fictional take on 1800s england but its portrayal of queen charlotte is spot on.

Much of belle is about the prejudices and racism that dido faces as a mixed race woman in 18th. Tapping into the queen s real life mixed race ancestry allowed him to take some creative. Claims that queen charlotte was of mixed race were initially sparked by historian.

Bridgerton is basically romance porn. Being a mixed race child in that environment means that you have to think about crafting your own identity and you question why you belong in that world. We were two separate societies divided by colour until a.

In episode four lady danbury tells the ever charming duke of hastings. The idea that queen charlotte is widely regarded as mixed race is a bit of a stretch but it does have some basis in fact and it is a discussion amongst historians. Queen charlotte being a queen of mixed race was able to open up the world for us and allow us to explore stories and characters of color in a way that makes sense people of color have existed long in england s history despite what period dramas often show although not necessarily in the highest ranks or mixing with their white peers.

Bridgerton does feature one obvious reference to race though.