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Black Women in Science Fiction

Started by Anthony · 10 months ago

Surfing the internet as we are proned to do, I found an interesting website about Black Women in Science Fiction. I can’t tell when the last time the site was updated, but I found the list…curious.
Less than 9% of Science-Fiction television series have featured bl ... Continue reading »

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  • Lobo

    2 years ago

    I think that the lack of diveristy among the writers is refelected in the shows. If you take care of that I believe everything else will fall in place.
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  • HanakothePotterGeek

    2 years ago

    The good thing that I've noticed, though, is that the Black Women who are featured in Sci-Fi have, for the most part, been strong characters and leaders in their own right (Storm from X-Men, Teyla from Stargate Atlantis, the Jaffa women of Stargate SG-1, just to name a few).
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  • lawdawg00

    2 years ago

    I agree with Hanako. Give the writers that do write characters with race in mind some credit for always portraying them in a good light, and that goes for Black men and women.
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  • Lobo

    2 years ago

    Good point Hanako. I just wish we had more examples than those few.
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