Bridgerton Race Problem

In fact the one reference to race is completely unnecessary.

Bridgerton race problem. But the problem in bridgerton comes when the characters race is practically ignored for almost the entire show except for a few vague references in their dialogue using words like us. Bridgerton is the first. Michael blackmon buzzfeed news reporter.

Posted on december 23 2020 at 12 30 p m. The genre often fails to center black women in empowering roles and address historical issues of white womanhood. But not as you know it.

I find it odd that these are the same people who had no problem with arianna. Bridgerton even managed to make me interested in the logistical problems of 19th century aristocrats. Played by an actor of colour in a nod to the conjecture that she may have been mixed race.

Bridgerton echoes the racially insensitive sentiment that the feelings of white women take priority over black men to the point where even marital sexual assault is barely a hiccup in an interracial romance. Chronicling daphne s struggles. It was almost like they were scared to say it out loud.

Netflix series bridgerton has been praised for its subtle inclusion of race in regency era london. The problem with bridgerton is ultimately a problem with historical romances. Based on julia quinn s bestselling bridgerton novels chronicling the eight bridgerton siblings as they find true love in british high society in the 1810s season 1 of rhimes and dusen s series centers on the eldest daughter daphne phoebe dynover who is thrust onto the marriage market in the summer of 1813.

In netflix s bridgerton shonda rhimes reinvents how to present race in a period piece typically in regency era shows or movies people of color are all either erased or given traumatic backstories. Et tweet share copy liam daniel netflix. Netflix s bridgerton has a race problem.