Dorothy Surrenders: Why so blue, pander bear?

Dorothy Surrenders: Why so blue, pander bear?: "Let us, for a moment, talk about pandering. What does it mean to pander, exactly? Well, our friends at Merriam Webster say it is “to provide..."

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I really enjoyed reading this post. While it's obviously about straight privilege, it is about more than that.... Minority representation in popular media is very near to my heart. I'm a viewer, not a mover & a shaker. As a minority viewer I know how marginalized and lonely it feels not to see aspects of myself reflected in the shows I watch or am interested in watching. As life moves on I've come to realize I'm not alone in the way I think and feel, nor am I inferior because of the way I look. However, it's still gives me a sense of "normalcy" to see positive images of others like me in some way on TV, imagine how I felt to see it as an unseasoned kid.

TV/Movies can be more diverse if The Powers That Be just gave the effort and/or if the mainstream audience stopped accepting whitewashed casts.