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[sovay]

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

[prezzey.livejournal.com]

If very near-future is of interest, then ReGenesis. Racially diverse cast, queer and neuroatypical characters. Really cool series, I thought the last season was weaker than the others, but still a good watch. Also, the science is surprisingly solid.

[sovay]

ReGenesis. Racially diverse cast, queer and neuroatypical characters.

Thank you! I do not know this show at all. Not crap science is definitely a plus: my father's background is in math and physics and he gets thrown out of narratives by dubious science with about the same severity as me and stupidly altered mythology.

[handful-ofdust.livejournal.com]

Yes! Another vote for ReGenesis. Canadian!