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Maandag 16:43 + Details ✨

If his mom is out of work because she had a restaurant that shut down because of COVID... it’s not that much of a reach to say that this Chinese restaurant also shut down because of COVID (and you have to also think sinophobia was part of that). So I have trouble believing Bilal wouldn’t have been even a little hesitant or affected by partying in an abandoned restaurant

But because the writers were totally not invested in exploring classism/capitalism and racism on any kind of level in Tiff’s season, we didn’t get even a hint of discomfort from Bilal in the background nor any indication from any of the gang that it’s actually not great that they’re partying in this shut-down restaurant during a pandemic (except for Lola, yk)

at a time when hollywood is preaching to stop aapi hate the show has shown us, twice so far, that they don’t care about our community. by having a south asian coded character make racist remarks towards an east asian coded character they added nothing to the plot or character development- all they did was try to create a divide between our communities. this hurt more especially because zoya was never racist in the books.

they condoned putting a stuntwoman in brownface because they couldn’t be bothered to find a desi stuntwoman for amita. there were are truly so many talented desi dancers and acrobats out there but shadow and bone refused to cast accurately because stuntwomen are supposed to show up in blurry or fast moving shots, making it “easier” to rely on brownface speaks volumes about how much they care about diversity.

for a show that has been praised for representation and diversity and was going to mean so much for asian viewers, shadow and bone failed to deliver time and time again, showing us that all we can count on when it comes to south asian representation in hollywood is constant disrespect and racism.

netflix and leigh bardugo along with the rest of the showrunners and writers marketed the show as being a diverse fantasy but were surrounded by a team that approved brownface should tell you all you need to know about how much they respected desi people in the first place. so many south asians were excited to finally see themselves onscreen in inej and zoya, especially as the show was praised by reviewers and writers as being diverse and accurate representation and this is what we got.

@georgiaswarr put ‘potential breakup song’ on her ark playlist and i just…

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