Fnord wrote:
Having just one 'ethnic' character display symptoms of autism might back-fire.
Imagine a movie wherein the only autistic character is of African or Asian ancestry.
Imagine the backlash from African or Asian communities.
Unless the movie was about a group of ethnically-diverse heroes, each with his/her/their own version of an ASD, there would likely be protests.
African American here. I would welcome seeing a black character that isn’t a gangster, drug dealer, prostitute, mammy, angry black woman, etc…You get my drift. Honestly do not believe there would be an uproar if a black character were to be shown as a vulnerable, complex human being grappling with autism or other mental issues. It’s in the delivery.
On social media there will always be troublemakers. They don’t represent all black people.
I know you’re not talking about human characters but a change would be refreshing
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