This extends to animated series, which provide younger viewers with some of their earliest glimpses of the broader world. (Yes, Disney archives, I’m looking at you.) The TV and film industry, in particular, has been slow to include Black characters that don’t fall into racist stereotypes. But undoing years of messaging about the irrelevance of Black lives and voices isn’t easy. If the last few months have taught us anything, it’s that the time for representation is yesterday - and that people are willing to make public calls for change.
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