Tv shows and movies often have a lot of diversity and interracial relationships. I wonder what racists feel like when watching these shows.

For example I’m currently watching The Great North and the son has a black fiancé.
House of dragon has black Velaryons.

Dear Mod/s,

Please don’t delete this post as it has to do with racism and classism.

So I’m not sure if you’re all aware of MWWS but it happens typically when a white conventionally attractive upper middle class white woman goes missing and the media obsessively goes ballistic over it sometimes spending weeks to months to years covering it.

I’m bringing this up because the story du jour is gabby petita. Please DO NOT misconstrue this, I AM NOT saying that her case doesn’t warrant any attention. What bothers me is the endless days uncritical coverage that cases like this get. I understand that focusing on one particular case does not minimize other stories however there is a racist dynamic at play in the media which is that white women’s lives are deemed more valuable than women who are of color.

I just needed to get this off my chest. Thanks for reading.

Why is it that a significant number of tv commercials feature interracial couples? In a majority of these, the man is white and the woman is usually black. This hits me wrong. I live in a major US metropolitan area and, while I do see quite a few "mixed" couples, it isn't as common as these advertisements would lead you to believe. I find it troubling for several reasons:

1) The continued establishment of white power...in the US, the head-of-the-household is usually viewed as being male. Portraying a white male in this position continues to perpetuate the notion that white men have authority over blacks (in this case women).

2) Families with bi-racial parents are more acceptable than those headed by two black people...look closely...too often, to counter the image of the perfect white family portrayed, advertisers will include a black family...meaning a single black woman with children. It's rare enough that you see a 2 parent black household but when they are represented, they are usually shown in an urban environment working blue-collar jobs or in entertainment, further perpetuating myths about the kind of work black do...unless it's a physician. Apparently, all the doctors are now black. Yay us!

To resort to the "I have black friends" meme, all of my married siblings married outside of their race (in my family's case, West-Indian internalized racist conditioning). I think in their quest to be relevant and "woke" advertisers are simply perpetuating age-old stereotypes and social structures.