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www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
The second place where America has grown more integrated is media and entertainment, arenas highly visible to the public. This has depreciated the value of what W. E. B. Du Bois called the “psychological wage” of white racial identity—making those who once held an unquestioned hegemony over American culture feel like something has been stolen from them. And this shift helped fuel the nationwide backlash to diversity efforts that Trump rode to office. The slight but substantive integration of characters in film, television, and other forms of entertainment has itself led to a visible backlash, subjecting actors, writers, and other creative workers of color to harassment whenever they participate in a high-profile project, especially in the genres of science fiction or fantasy. An integrated cast, writers’ room, or development team is deemed “woke,” by which critics simply mean integrated, and therefore suspect. A woman, LGBTQ person, or person of color in a leading role is deemed unqualified, or worthy of rejection just because of who they are. What may seem like silly internet controversies are in fact demands for a resegregation of creative workplaces.
December 16, 2025 at 4:54 PM
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Watched it two months ago for the first time in years and loved hearing them describe "Smell the Glove" cover and realized it might be where Sabrina Carpenter got the idea
December 16, 2025 at 1:30 PM
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kanaratron.bsky.social
...I still find it neat that these two are played by the same actor. Worlds apart.
Christopher Guest in the Princess Bride Christopher Guest in Spinal Tap.
December 15, 2025 at 6:50 PM
himbobottomus.bsky.social
outhistory.org/exhibits/sho...
Introducing Allan Berube and the Story of the Marine Cooks and Stewards Union · No Red-Baiting! No Race-Baiting! No Queen-Baiting! by Allan Bérubé · OutHistory
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December 12, 2025 at 4:56 PM