Reform UK MP Sarah Pochin said seeing adverts of black or Asian people ‘drives me mad’ in a comment that has been seen (rightly) as being racist. I have listened to people argue that no offence should be taken as she did not mean to be racist. In fact, I have listened to too many people trying to minimise the racism in her comments.
I think that it would be wrong to have lots of people of colour in historical drama’s but shows like Bridgerton and My Lady Jane are fiction. I do not understand how people can be annoyed with a series which has a black King but are okay with it having a lot of the population being able to turn into animals! I think that the TV adaptation of The Witcher missed out on having a more realistic take as they could have had different nations having people of different colours.
I do think that it is okay to say or have the view that there are too many darkies on the television, in that someone who states that is allowed to be racist. But rather than deny their racism, they should be proud of it, not ashamed.
