Today we welcome Oxford Kondo (http://twitter.com/oxford_kondo) to discuss whether it’s racist for Game of Thrones to be so white, and on the flipside the trend of casting minorities to play white characters, including racebending (changing traditionally white characters to black,  or even using nonwhite actors to play white historical figures in biopics). Escape from Plan A magazine and podcast can be supported here: https://www.patreon.com/join/planamag

This is Part 1 of a two part episode. Part 2 is available here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/26758735

Mentioned in this article:

• Oxford’s article “Where Are All The Black People In Game of Thrones?” https://www.okayafrica.com/where-black-people-game-thrones/
• “There Are No Black People in Game of Thrones‘: Why Is Fantasy TV So White?” https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2019/apr/06/there-are-no-black-people-on-game-of-thrones-why-is-fantasy-tv-so-white
• “Yes, There’s Only One Black Woman In Game of Thrones. I Love It Anyway” https://www.shondaland.com/live/a27133225/one-black-woman-games-of-thrones-love-anyway/
• “Netflix’s Recent Film Featuring A Non-White Leading Lady Will Do More For Diversity Than Crazy Rich Asians” https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/netflix-to-all-the-boys-ive-loved-before-crazy-rich-asians-race-hollywood-diversity-a8509921.html
• “It’s Time To Stop White-Casting Period Pieces” https://medium.com/mujeres-problem%C3%A1ticas/its-time-to-stop-white-casting-period-pieces-1d29169f80dc
• “Angry Asian Man tweets that Henry Golding should be in Pride & Prejudice” https://twitter.com/angryasianman/status/1099893760790429696?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1099893760790429696&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fplanamag.com%2Fmedia%2Ff8d1b64d2d019fab29b07b634fe24e71%3FpostId%3D3b44ca16fc0
• Information on Tyroc: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tyroc; The Tyroc covers we were discussing: https://dc.fandom.com/wiki/Superboy_Vol_1_216 and also https://dc.fandom.com/wiki/Superboy_and_the_Legion_of_Super-Heroes_Vol_1_222
• The Story Behind the Green Book movie: https://shadowandact.com/green-book-is-full-of-lies-dr-don-shirleys-family-speaks-out
• The racist history of James Bond: (1) https://medium.com/@evanengel/no-one-should-play-james-bond-e8a4eb62068a and (2) http://thebondologistblog.blogspot.com/2015/11/10-offensive-quotes-from-ian-flemings.html