>There is many examples of Netflix doing this but in this instance am talking about the show Bridgerton. Where the show is based on the elite class romance around the Victorian era Britain. > As a history vivid reader what am witnessing is a naive attempt to eradicate facts and brainwash new generation that diversity existed in that era. In paper that sounds as the right thing to do to make new generation more accepting of diversity subconsciously. > However in doing such thing it makes a statement that racism did not exist in that era in Victorian Britain and that dark brown and east Asian minorities where British aristocrats. > Even though it’s considered fiction it is still bound by the historical social context it set itself inside. > You might not care as you view this as fiction romance.Nevertheless, the subconscious implications are massive and drastic if this continues. As this sorta ignores or tries to hide the colonialism that happened in that era, and almost tried to hide all the struggle Ghandi and Martin Luther king did to advance the ideas of racial equality. > If am seeing for example a Bollywood historical drama I would cringe if I see a person from east Asia represent the Indian elite romance. Another example imagine how ridiculous it would be to make a romance set in the Wild West era with a diverse cast acting as if racial discrimination did not happen. > Please don’t understand this the wrong way. Diversity isn’t my issue. Feel free to have diverse cast that represent the future or the modern world. But forcing diversity in historical fiction is beyond arrogant and naive.