Beyond Selidor

I didn't read the link and/or majority of your post; this is just regarding your Glee comment. Lauding Glee for its diversity might be somewhat incorrect, but the nature of Glee is that its intention is to have the coloured people/differently-abled/non-hetero characters in the background and sing back-up songs - if anything it's merely to exaggerate the propensity of the majority of American tv shows to do this* - but it's using it as a vehicle for comedy (and potentially criticism) by making a mockery of the fact. This was highlighted in the episode when Sue called them up with horrendously obscene nicknames; they're all aware of their status as minorities, but just as they've stereotyped cheerleaders and football players they can stereotype other things without an intent to be offensive. Why should they stereotype one but not the other?**


*The reasons behind other American shows featuring few of the afore-mentioned can be many and varied, and should not always be automatically attributed to discrimination and/or some sort of white-supremacy on the part of the production and/or viewers. People who think it's always this are probably white and trying too hard to not discriminate, or just mildly ignorant of the industry. For example, (personal experience example, I guess, because I know it would be the most accurate) you won't find many asian [in the British sense, Asian subcontinent] people in American film and television, in part because Asian diaspora discourage their children from becoming actors or take up jobs in arts-related fields).

**Sorry for rambling and non-sense making.