Well, DW is a British show, so I don't think its writers are obliged to capture the experience of American racism particularly. But there's plenty of British racism they could be talking about! It would be really interesting to see Black British writers writing a black Doctor (or I guess I would say as Doctor perceived as black by modern humans, since unlike gender I'm not sure race is much of a cultural presence for Time Lords). Certainly the kinds of things he gets away with, the ways people react to him, and his easy assumption of authority in all situations would be different.
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Date: 2013-08-05 05:45 am (UTC)Well, DW is a British show, so I don't think its writers are obliged to capture the experience of American racism particularly. But there's plenty of British racism they could be talking about! It would be really interesting to see Black British writers writing a black Doctor (or I guess I would say as Doctor perceived as black by modern humans, since unlike gender I'm not sure race is much of a cultural presence for Time Lords). Certainly the kinds of things he gets away with, the ways people react to him, and his easy assumption of authority in all situations would be different.