Board Thread:False Info and Speculative Discussion/@comment-25184427-20140722165407/@comment-13965604-20140726053502

Grahamburglar wrote: LadyX wrote:

That's probably why I e never looked at Posey as anything more than a good looking American boy. That's exactly the problem with Jeff Davis' "world without isms" mentality in regards to the Teen Wolf universe. He's absolutely "white washed" everyone.

Like, yeah, nobody makes a big deal about Scott's heritage or ethnicity. Because there is literally no sign of that heritage in his lifestyle or behavior. Same with Boyd. The only heritage Deaton or Morell seem to have any interest in is druidic -- as in, from Ireland? Danny is not only a POC who's been utterly white washed, but even his representation as a gay guy has been mostly "he's just like straight guys only he likes to sleep with boys!" (Side note: the fact that there's a gay bar in Beacon Hills undermines the whole "world without isms" philosophy because without homophobia being so prevalent, gay bars and straight bars wouldn't be separate things. That's off-topic though. :P)

I can, and do, really appreciate the entire lack of prejudices in the Teen Wolf world, I just wish he could have made them apparent and still had all of the various cultures and subcultures be part of the world as well.

Judge Milian said something in an episode of The Peoples Court once that I never forgot. It was a case where someone was suing the catering company for the daughters Quincinera (sp? Sry) and Milian was talking to the daughter, and asked her if it was her 15th or 16th birthday party. The girl said 16th. And Milian said "well, how many generations can we expect them to keep our traditions?"

I'm not saying that there aren't rich cultures elsewhere. But it's a show about a bunch of teenagers in high school. Fitting in is the goal for most of them. And, they're teenagers. They grew up with American culture. And rather see them behaving like American teenagers, than a caricature of a minority, just to prove a point.

I will give you the Irish Druids being people of color is odd. I'm sure there are African equivalents they could've used.