I am very much hoping that the show writes his character as POC.
It would be nice, yes. I'm not sure, but I think that the First Nations/American Indian perspective is not explored as often in US media as it is in Canadian media (not that what we do here is necessarily adequate, or always well-done). So to have the perspective of an urban First Nations person (who doesn't "look the part") would really be interesting.
Not that I believe Whedon is going to do it.
I mean, I liked Buffy, and Angel, and Firefly and Serenity despite many manifest problems, but... he's never been very good with race issues.
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Sun, Feb. 15th, 2009 02:09 am (UTC)It would be nice, yes. I'm not sure, but I think that the First Nations/American Indian perspective is not explored as often in US media as it is in Canadian media (not that what we do here is necessarily adequate, or always well-done). So to have the perspective of an urban First Nations person (who doesn't "look the part") would really be interesting.
Not that I believe Whedon is going to do it.
I mean, I liked Buffy, and Angel, and Firefly and Serenity despite many manifest problems, but... he's never been very good with race issues.