Ok so I'm not watching #FreshOffTheBoat tonight, despite a brilliant review from @juliannehing. I made it as far as the first episode.
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1st episode SPOILER: the main character kid is called a racial slur. By a black kid.
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That means the main character kid, Eddie, gets to enact physically violence against the only black character in the show.
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At the end of episode 1, you're made to feel like everything is right in the world. Because a black kid got beat up.
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#FreshOffTheBoat could've picked to enact violence in a white kid. But no. Post Sanford, post Ferguson, this show picks a black kid to beat.2 replies 9 retweets 9 likes -
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Or, better yet, not have a fight at all.
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I don't care what the intention was. I'm not ok with feeling satisfied that a black kid got beat for having a big mouth.
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I strongly feel like the decision to beat a black kid on
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@aurabogado I wrote about this in my review, wish the conflict had been handled better http://inthesetimes.com/article/17590/fresh_off_the_boat_at_last_a_show_where_asian_americans_arent_the_butt_of_t …pic.twitter.com/c9FUJmY65B
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@juliacarriew Yes!! I need a Julia RSS feed tbph
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@aurabogado I'm not giving up on the show (too in love with Constance Wu) but I want to see them do better1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes -
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@juliacarriew@aurabogado@BaritonePats also wrote a super insightful piece on that particular scene: http://baritonepats.tumblr.com/post/110264483307/fresh-off-the-boat-more-yellow-ish-than-black-ish …0 replies 0 retweets 2 likes
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