User blog comment:Paul.rea/Teen Wolf News 102613/@comment-66.191.242.105-20131028014124/@comment-84.248.178.48-20131028110806

msdistress here again, hi!

"You are, however, misplacing your ire onto a show that is far more diverse and positive in its representations of all sexual orientations and races than just about anything on television."

Really? Because I don't quite agree with you. Let's see some statistical analysis based on this character list: http://24.media.tumblr.com/b7bab7602cb78cbb6f5264b948200f2f/tumblr_mrurryEahp1rxalbuo1_400.png

If you by diverse mean the representation of male homosexuality, you are quite right. Two of the twenty-six characters are canonically gay/bi (Ethan & Danny). That's 8%, which corresponds to the US LGBT demographics of young people (6.4%) pretty closely. (Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBT_demographics_of_the_United_States). However, as the L in LGBT stands for a LESBIAN as there are no recurring lesbians/female bisexuals on the show.

At the beginning of the season three, we have 26 alive recurring characters. Eight out of the twenty-six are female. That's 31%. We also have eight POCs (I'm counting Erica, Scott & Melissa in that number, despite them not being canonically POCs.) That is also 31 % of the cast. Now, nonwithstanding  the fact that approximately 50% percent of the human race are female, the POC ratio is actually pretty close to the actual demographics of California, where 61% of the inhabitants are white (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_California). That means that roughly 39 % of the cast should be POCs. Now, when we jump to the end of the season 3a, five of those female characters are alive. That's 25% of the surviving recurring 20 characters. I repeat, 25%. Now, on to the POCs. Guess what? Only five of them survive (and Marin is still a question mark. She might have made it, or not. I'm counting her in as a survivor until we get confirmation otherwise.)  That also means that 25 % of the cast is POCs.

So, to summarize:

6.4% of the young US citizens count themselves as LGBT. Of the recurring cast, 8% are gay/bi males and 0% are lesbian/bi females.

Approximately 50% of the human race are female. At the end of 3a, 25 % of the recurring cast are female while 75% are male.

39% of the citizens of California are POC's. At the end of 3a, 25 % of the recurring cast are POCs and 75% are white.

Of the surviving cast of twenty, 12 are white males. That is 60%, where the remaining 40% includes both women _and_ POCs, including also WOCs (Marin, Melissa) who are members of two minorities simultaneously.

Now, unless they changed the meaning of 'diverse' into meaning white (gay) male, I cannot agree with you.