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by Thaddeus Howze [Editor’s note: There’s been a lot of controversy over how The Walking Dead treats its non-white characters. While I was impressed with the number of people of color in the cast, they haven’t always survived the zombie apocalypse in heroic fashion. But everyone dies in a zombie apocalypse, you may say. I […]
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As an educated, socially-aware white male, I completely agree with the views in this essay. There is a strain of toxic representation that goes back to the first season, when they chose to name the black male T-Dog, as if Blackness is only recognizable according to our ideas of urban culture. Or what about the introduction of Michonne as a sword-wielding, magical negress whose duty is to protect the white woman? Or later, when she is a bargaining chip in a power struggle between a while male named The Governor and a white male southern deputy? The writers have since expanded upon her character, but let’s consider this:
In the comic, her beef with the Governor comes from being brutally raped and beaten by him. In the television show, that dynamic is replaced by the the mere threat of rape against a white woman.
And he’s right about accurate representation: statistically, there would be more black survivors than white. Replace Rick and Daryl with black men, then replace Bob, Noah, etc with white men… nevermind, you probably wouldn’t be watching show with a mostly black cast, would you.
Thaddeus Howze is unequivocally on point in his reading of the show. If you disagree, ask yourself: am I white? Then you’re already approaching it wrong.
There was a time when if you didn’t like something, you didn’t listen to/read/watch it. If there was a line crossed, you could boycott, write letters, or protest it in some form. Now if you don’t feel “represented” you go to social media and demand that changes be made because you personally don’t like it. I feel that there is way too much of that going on involving entertainment these days.
As a White Brit, it seems like race is projected onto everything in the US – and from outside looking in (and have been to the US) I understand why… but I really don’t see it here other than perhaps in trying to break stereo types – where else is there a Carol in TV or film?
I always find you can test the validity of a theory by reversing it – so lets do that. Why not ask “what would the walking dead look like if a bunch of white red neck republicans were writing the script”? Could the shows version of Tyrese exist in _their_ mind? A black male who risks everything to protect someone else’s baby, but is naturally non-violent and the most moral character in the show? No – I can’t see that at all. Would the main moral voice of the show come from the black/non-white male characters in the show (post Dale being bitten) – i.e. Glenn and Tyrese?
Would Bob be their go to depicition of a black male, or Morgan or Gabriel or Noah? These are so non-stereo-typical, which makes them interesting and actually real – if not a statistically representative slice of a demographic. What about Sasha and Michonne as that of black women?
What if Rick was black? In his descent to animalism, biting out the neck of an assailant or executing Pete would people be projecting race onto this too? Would Rick be the black male without a moral compass that middle class white republicans fear when walking home at night? Maybe there is racism at play here – maybe the show is sensitive to creating a black male stereotype – i.e. gun welding amoral thug. Maybe…
These are interesting questions…. and I don’t claim to know the answer. But I do feel that race gets projected onto everything in a way that makes it paradoxically impossible not to be racist unless you are actually racist. By that I mean, if you spend the entire time when writing a story trying to consider what is racially representative – that is, in itself, racist by definition. This is a story about people who happen to have a certain gender or race or sexual persuassion. The world is, by definition, full of deviation from the mean events, otherwise its a highly contrived story.
We all know that TV programmes are aimed at what they think is their demographic – which in this case was originally presumably the comic book crowd – which I perceive to be white male nerds/geeks. It’s a pity that they couldn’t have made another core character black at the start – I think it couldn’t be Rick for reasons I stated above so Daryl maybe would be obvious since he wasn’t in the comics (but then, would Merle have been an example of a negative black character? Indeed would Daryll from where he started from).
I do agree that so far in the series, we haven’t seen strong black _male_ leadership. We now have it in Morgan – a bad ass as well as the new moral compass of the group. I do know that I have really enjoyed watching Bob, Noah and Tyrese and I wish they were still in the programme – particularly Tyrese. I’m a father of 3 young kids and if I was leaving my kids with someone – it wouldn’t be Rick or Glenn or Dayrll or Michonne and definitely NOT Carol – it would be Tyrese. I think killing him off was the show’s one big mistake.
I don’t see any “demands” here. Instead, I see a profoundly honest description of what Mr. Howze finds offensive on a television show he wanted to like.
If you don’t wish to consider his point of view, that is your privilege. No one is taking away your WALKING DEAD.
For myself, I stopped watching last season, when I thought the stories (and characters) became too repetitive. These included racial stereotypes, but much more so gender stereotypes, and all sorts of other things that, quite frankly, were boring.
As a black woman who’s actually an avid fan of the show I will say this. You certainly have your strong points about the lack of screen time given to black men on the show. This is actually something I’ve pointed out myself plenty of times but as much as I support alot of what your saying I will have to say this in the show’s defense.
Many of the gripes you have about the show’s depiction of black men is actually coming off as a lot of over-reading and outlandish reaching. Tyrese was possibly one of the most beloved and greatly acted characters on the show. Yes, even I had to call BS on Rick’s takedown of him back in season 3, but I attribute that to Rick’s shield of being the main character. Also, here’s the positive of his character that you left out in your negative rant. I was actually relieved to see a black male character who showed a deeply caring, nurturing, and protective role for children, especially children who weren’t his, which contrasts completely with the image the media likes to portray of “the deadbeat black daddy” stereotype. It was really refreshing to see that. Did I think they made him soft? Yes, but can you actually say that it would have looked great for a big, hulking black man to have been the one to shoot down a little white girl on national TV? Even if the show went out of its way to depict he would have been justified in doing so? Tyrese was a far cry from his comic book counterpart but I don’t think that made his TV character weak or spineless and his death was truly heartbreaking and sad.
T-Dog’s characterization was weak but even he had his shining moments. Such as his famous rant about how he was very aware that black men like him didn’t last in scenarios such as the show’s setting and when he was revealed to be a man of faith enough to sacrifice himself for Carol. In regards to Bob, honestly I didn’t care for this character, but I wouldn’t have cared for him, no matter what race he was. As for Father Gabriel, another character I don’t care for, but the show does seem to be setting him up for a great redemption arc, only time will tell however.
In regards to Morgan, I like his characterization in the show better than the comic where he was just a raving lunatic that was hooking up with Michonne. Is his pacifism becoming frustrating? Yes, but I think he’s being set up as a foil to Rick who at this point is killing Willy nilly and nowhere near the individual he started out on the show to be. At the end of the day, almost every demographic had a gripe about the show. Like how earlier in the series feminist complained about how all the white female characters were useless and nothing more than eye candy. How a religious character like Hershel was stubborn to the point of stupidity in his initial introduction. My BF, who is Hispanic, often points out that at least black women and men are getting screen time. There hasn’t been a strong representation of any Hispanic males in the entire shows run. At least one that wasn’t villainous or disappeared after their intro. The list can go on.
I still like the show and I know plenty of people of color who still do and still like the very characters you bashed. I highly doubt the writers on the show are going out of their way to offend anyone and just want to do a good show. I respect your perspective, and hopefully your respect my points as well.
I’m sorry if I offend anyone, but I am so sick and tired of everything being racist! Enough is enough. It seems to me that there are way too many people in this country who look for racism in everything. Racism does exist but its not one sided. There are racists of every culture and race. I can point out hundreds of racist rap songs and black movies and TV shows. In fact in today’s day and age it is a handicap to be white. I see past skin color and believe we are all of one race, the human race. I am so tired of people in this country trying to keep us divided. Get over it!
>>>In fact in today’s day and age it is a handicap to be white.
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It’s true, everywhere I go around my home town I see white people struggling to buy $1 million apartments and find enough fresh kale.