I was watching a show on Netflix and I was really interested. I went to the Netflix profile to see if they would do a second season since the show was a success. It turns out that in the comments, several right-wingers called the show woke. I watched it and didn’t see anything woke in the series. The protagonists are black, but what’s the problem with that? Maybe that’s why they said it was woke? The show is new and original with new and original characters. Isn’t that what they wanted? It’s confusing for me, because if they’re going to complain anyway, why are they asking for changes?
Not really. Like Ripley in Alien broke the stereotype but didn’t get called woke.
People are more likely to call something work for stereotyping white people than they are for having non-stereotypical black people.
Like here’s a black character … what’s their role in this story?
Are they pursuing a PhD in mathematics? Are they trying to resolve a major conflict with their father? Are they touring the world tasting wine? Are they writing a novel?
Nope, they’re talking street wisdom and being the judge of who else is cool or uncool, and they’re getting this white girl out of her shell so she can learn to party, and educating her on the history of racism.
That is a stereotype. That is the kind of shit that will get called woke.