I love Buffy the Vampire Slayer, heart and soul. But you know what would have made it even better?
- If The First Slayer- a black woman- wasn’t referred to as “The Primitive”.
- If Buffy didn’t make fun of the First Slayer’s hair.
- If Buffy didn’t relentlessly mock Kendra’s -a Jamaican Slayer- accent.
- If Chao Ahn- a Cantonese Slayer - wasn’t used as a walking punchline for not being able to speak English, ignoring how horrible it is to be isolated behind a language barrier.
- If black characters didn’t almost always die almost immediately after being introduced (Kendra Young, Forrest Gates, Nikki Wood, Mr Platt, Mr Trick).
- If different cultures weren’t repeatedly stereotyped and portrayed as demonic or savage (The Pack, Inca Mummy Girl, Dead Man’s Party, Pangs, Get It Done).
- If there were realistically some Latino characters in Sunnydale, a town set in California, wherein which 37.6% of the population are Latino.
- If there was just one poc in the main cast during the show’s seven year run spanning 144 episodes.
(via everandeverprolixity)
