Board Thread:WARNING ALL USERS False Info\Spoilers/@comment-10280603-20130712100808

So let me first start off by stating three things. First I'm a african-american who loves both this show and sci-fi/supernatural genre in general. Two this is in no way meant to be inflammatory just something i noticed and was wanting to see if anyone else got the same vibe and three this is the first time i have ever started a forum so i hope a few people comment. Even if its to tell me I'm a ass lol.

This is what got me thinking about the whole thing. I love it when they throw black people into supernatural shows its not something you see a whole lot of outside of like 1 shot characters who typically either die or are playing some stereotypical role like a thug or something of that nature. What i dont like is when they're used as typical Hollywood plot devices or thrown in there literally for the sake of having more color on screen. Let me tell you what I mean.

Dr.Deaton who is my second favorite character after Scott fills the role of the MAGICAL NEGRO, not making this up people you can google that term lol, this is pretty much a undercover hollywood term  for a African-Amercan character who generaly mentors the Caucasian protagonist. This character generally has abilities that are either not up to par with the white protagonist or are of a different caliber. A few instances of this would be both morpheus and the oracle in The matrix and Bonnie Bennet in TVD. What makes this tolerable in Teen Wolf is that 1 Dr. Deaton isnt written to be anything other than that role meaning the could have put someone body of any race and it would have worked and 2 Deaton is a boss.

My only real issue came with Boyds character I will be the first to say i was happy as hell when they made a black werewolf. Prolly my only critique of the show at that time because i know i speak for a lot of minorites when i see it really helps connect with a show more when you can see yourself represented. I know in the way it says racist but its just one of those little things i dont really think caucasian get because its rarely an issue for you guys. The problem came up when it just started to seem like he was only there to be the token black guy. Like someone specifically made the same complaint i was talking about earlier in the studio and they were like yea were throw them a bone and gave us Boyd. Hes such a good character and a strong actor and they really havent given him much of a story or anything to do. Last season there were so many episodes where he either just wasnt there or wasnt doing anything relevant. In this season he's there a little more but face it everyone assumes hes gonna be the Beta that dies cause there hasnt been any character development for him. Will say I'm glad they had him as this loner with a job as opposed to either some juvenile delenquent or some star athlete.

Like i said would love some constructive critism. Even if its to tell me I'm over thinking it. 