Race-baiting, queer-baiting, colorism, featurism, and performative diversity | Khadija Mbowe

Hello and welcome to another video! This time, we're talking about Bridgerton. (And me shamelessly promoting my opera career at the 30:35 mark)
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Time Stamps
Intro 3:14
Background 4:30
Race-baiting 5:41
Lack of Asian representation 8:39
Colorblind casting 11:07
Colorism 14:14
Featurism 18:58
Stereotypes 20:50
The ‘twice as good’ lecture 26:16
Queer baiting & the S3x Scene (I talk about these very briefly) 27:25
What I liked 28:59
Shameless self promotion 30:35

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Ways to help:
19 organizations supporting Black Canadians
https://www.ellecanada.com/culture/society/9-organizations-supporting-black-canadians-to-donate-to

15 indigenous Human rights organizations to follow
https://www.humanrightscareers.com/issues/indigenous-human-rights-organizations/
Some interesting reads:
Get to know the brains behind Shondaland’s ‘Bridgerton’ series, show runner Chris Van Dussen
https://www.shondaland.com/inspire/a34860495/bridgerton-showrunner-chris-van-dusen/

With ‘Bridgerton’, Scandal comes to Regency England
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/18/arts/television/bridgerton-netflix-shonda-rhimes.html?smtyp=cur&smid=tw-nytimes

If you’re confused about what race-baiting is, here’s a bit of context
https://splinternews.com/if-youre-confused-about-what-race-baiting-is-heres-a-b-1793848630

Bridgerton’s Controversial sext scene needs a Trigger Warning
https://www.oprahmag.com/entertainment/tv-movies/a35090027/bridgertons-controversial-sex-scene-episode-6/

'It's dangerous not to see race': is colour-blind casting all it's cracked up to be?
https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2020/aug/11/its-dangerous-not-to-see-race-is-colour-blind-casting-all-its-cracked-up-to-bec

Are you really sure you love Bridgerton?
https://www.wmagazine.com/story/bridgerton-netflix-criticism/

Who’s Who in Bridgerton: A Books-to-Series Character Guide
https://www.vulture.com/article/bridgerton-book-series-character-guide.html

African American College Students and Colorism: Examining the Influence of Media Consumption and Internalization on Perceived Skin Color, Self-Esteem, and Dating Preferences
https://search.proquest.com/openview/f42e756daa93638c5c9e1ee880830835/1?pq-origsite=gscholar&cbl=18750&diss=y

The Disturbing Effect Our Beauty Standards Have on Women Across the World
https://www.mic.com/articles/111228/how-western-beauty-ideals-are-hurting-women-across-the-globe

63 Million of Us Burn for Bridgerton
https://www.harpersbazaar.com/culture/film-tv/a35122184/bridgerton-viewers-netflix/

Donald Glover Can’t Save You (audio available)
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2018/03/05/donald-glover-cant-save-you
VIDEOS:
Why Bridgerton is Problematic || Colorism, Race Baiting and Implicit Bias (The convo I mentioned)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9XQxFcRfWSc&t=459s

The TRUTH About Featurism in our Community (More about Featurism)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IYRmDZRmPjI&t=33s

How Featurism works
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c05YGctTsjo

Intimacy Coordinator Reveals Some Behind-The-Scenes Secrets From 'Bridgerton'
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_BLcn-4dHY
MUSIC CREDIT:
Heartbreaking by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3863-heartbreaking
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

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