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Internet! I am looking for a good database and/or personal recommendations of science fiction media foregrounding characters of color. My father was expressing his disappointment in the latest season of Doctor Who tonight and he is quite right (among other complaints) that reverse-fridging a male character reads much less cleverly and much more sketchily when the male character is black. I should like to be able to recommend him some antidotes.¹ More than one person of color in the cast preferred—who are not the canaries in the coal mine or the sacrifices on behalf of the white characters, if there are any white characters; there don't need to be. Bonus points from my perspective if there are women with agency and queer characters. (I should just hand him Janelle Monáe's back catalogue, right?) He is a hard sell on animation and does not play games, but enjoys things that are not in English. I can do this a lot more easily with books.

1. It is not like my father has never seen science fiction with protagonists of color; he followed Eureka for a while just because it contained Joe Morton. I just know there's always room for more. A lot of room.

Comments

[asakiyume.livejournal.com]

Science fiction and not fantasy? Otherwise, Sleepy Hollow is excellent in that regard. That's one I've actually watched.

[snowy-owlet.livejournal.com]

Seconding Sleepy Hollow. It's ridiculous but fun.

[sovay]

Seconding Sleepy Hollow. It's ridiculous but fun.

Check. Thanks!

[lauradi7.livejournal.com]

I'm striking out all over the place. I was sure I saw a thing on tumblr from Theorlandojones this week about the melanin quantity on Monday night's Sleepy Hollow (the Mills family backstory episode), but can't find it now. I was sure that Kate Nepveu would have the sort of information needed about POC characters, but can't find a list
http://kate-nepveu.dreamwidth.org/
I can't find where Dead Bro Walking went after they left LJ.
argh.

[sovay]

Science fiction and not fantasy?

Personally I would not rule out fantasy, but I was thinking of antidotes to Doctor Who specifically, and it's at least nominally science fiction. It's got aliens.

Otherwise, Sleepy Hollow is excellent in that regard. That's one I've actually watched.

Cool! I have heard almost nothing but praise for that show, cracky history and all. (And Orlando Jones appears to be maintaining one of the classiest and most interesting extended interactions with fandom that I've seen.) Thank you.