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It’s no secret that people of all races, genders and classes love “Game of Thrones.” It’s a hit. No one can deny that and the hold it has on people.
Still, that doesn’t mean the fans of the show are willing to give an unquestioning pass to the showrunners David Benioff and D.B. Weiss. Most times, people just want you to stay in your lane. Because when reports that HBO announced that they were going to be creating a period piece centered around modern day slavery called “Confederate.”
In the series, Benioff and Weiss will create a world in which the South was successful in seceding from the Union and slavery remained legal in today’s times.
If you’ve watched even a single episode of “Game of Thrones,” you know that all of the characters are White, like their showrunners.
So the fact that these two would leave this world to create another one in which White folks are dominating more than they are now, just doesn’t sit well with me. In these days and times, when it seems like White people would love to go back to the days slavery, when White people in the street and in the government are going out of their way to oppress Black folk, now is not the time…if there ever would be one.
What kind of a person would relish the chance to make money from people who want to see what slavery would look like in the present day?
— Ambrish K (@ambrishrk) July 19, 2017
Unless this is white slavery like that "White men's burden" movie sort of a reversal thing.
— Jesus Shuttlesworth (@xDorian24x) July 19, 2017
— Thomas Q. Jones (@ThomasJonesRB) July 19, 2017
Terrible, terrible idea. These two need to read up on white gaze, ptsd & re-traumatizing black exp, and quit this project
— WW (@ClayDemigoddess) July 19, 2017
"Diversity happens in front of the camera, not behind it." - Matt Damon before he got served by The Entire World.#BlackTwitterIsComing
— Scott Woods (@scottwoodssays) July 19, 2017
— Courtney A Moulton (@CAMoulton) July 19, 2017
This is what happens when there are no POC in the room. How is this a good idea .@hbo??
— TypeATracey (@typeatracey) July 19, 2017
— avalon'slaw (@LaceyWilson4) July 19, 2017
Actually I am judging them on their previous work, American history, and the American present. Step back. https://t.co/Oxkpp3fvbx
— roxane gay (@rgay) July 19, 2017
give me the confidence of white showrunners telling hbo they wanna write slavery fanfic
— pilot (@pilotbacon) July 19, 2017
Not sure I understand your argument.
— Ed Crowder (@edcro) July 19, 2017
Probably because you don't actually make an argument.
— Ed Crowder (@edcro) July 19, 2017
You're right. It's one fucking tweet. When I make an argument it will be in The NY Times. Have a nice evening. https://t.co/nGQX9hR4RU
— roxane gay (@rgay) July 19, 2017
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