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The only time I find “wokeness” to be an issue is when I’m watching a historical drama or a show based in the far past, yet a black character or gay character or a woman is looked at as an equal and treated as such by everyone. In that sense you’re using wokeness to erase the prejudice of the past and act like everyone has always been diverse and acceptant of it.
If you're describing "colourblind casting" then I actually really like that, because it's like peering through a mirror brightly, where our ancestors somehow got it right.
I don't know how to explain it, but there's a right way and a wrong way to do it. Does that make sense?
It does not.
Well work with me here. Can you imagine a case where it could be used to highlight how things should have been without erasing the experiences of racialized people?