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White people doing anything good is actually bad. Duh. /s, but I think I'm accurately describing the viewpoint you're responding to.
by rpmisms 4mo ago
White people doing anything good is actually bad. Duh.
/s, but I think I'm accurately describing the viewpoint you're responding to.
- lazide 4mo agoIt’s a description of a common Hollywood trope (or used to be), like the ‘magical negro’ [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magical_Negro https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magical_Negro]. Hard not to see once you know about them, and they are indeed common. But what should replace it? Good Nuanced writing? Good luck with that!
- mr_toad 4mo agoThere is a strain of science fiction where the human protagonist (usually a white male) (possibly a boy from backwoods moisture farm) saves the universe, (including all the other dumb luckless species). A notorious example is Battlefield Earth. However in this example the contribution of the alien, not just to the whole saving the universe business, but to the actual story, the book, was huge.
- rpmisms 4mo agoFantasizing about saving the universe is a good thing, actually.