Rather than cheering the realization of their dark dystopian vision of America, several Leftists are actually outraged at HBO and the GoT producers over the new show. The problem for some on the Left, is that the men creating the show are two white dudes. Others are worried that the show will serve as some sort of "slave porn" for White Supremacists.
USA Today — which is always sure to hit anything regarding race, even when race has nothing to do with it — highlighted some of the outrage, including these two quotes:
"It is exhausting to think of how many people at HBO said yes to letting two white men envision modern day slavery. And offensive," tweeted Roxanne Gay.
"This is white nonsense ... We finally had an Oscars ceremony where a black film won Best Picture (Moonlight) without having slaves or servants in it. But I guess HBO’s eyes are still fixated on 12 Years a Slave," wrote Daily Beast's Ira Madison III in a piece titled "The 'Game of Thrones' Creators' Next Show Sounds Stupid as Hell."
Madison went on to say that today's culture looks a lot like actual slavery...
Uh-Oh: Leftists Outraged Over The GoT Creators' New Racially Charged Series
"It is exhausting to think of how many people at HBO said yes to letting two white men envision modern day slavery. And offensive."
USA Today — which is always sure to hit anything regarding race, even when race has nothing to do with it — highlighted some of the outrage, including these two quotes:
"It is exhausting to think of how many people at HBO said yes to letting two white men envision modern day slavery. And offensive," tweeted Roxanne Gay.
"This is white nonsense ... We finally had an Oscars ceremony where a black film won Best Picture (Moonlight) without having slaves or servants in it. But I guess HBO’s eyes are still fixated on 12 Years a Slave," wrote Daily Beast's Ira Madison III in a piece titled "The 'Game of Thrones' Creators' Next Show Sounds Stupid as Hell."
Madison went on to say that today's culture looks a lot like actual slavery...
Even if we ignore the fact that this sounds a hell of a lot like the present — Klan membership and hate crimes in America are on the rise, the prison industrial complex is basically the government’s substitute for slavery, and Bo, Luke, and Daisy Duke are far from the only ones repping the Confederate flag — white people love to imagine a world where “the Confederacy won.” It’s been the subject of many pieces of fiction, from If the South Had Won the Civil War to The Confederate States of America. But Americans barely know enough about what actually happened during slavery as is, so how about HBO just pick up the canceled series Underground instead of this?
Uh-Oh: Leftists Outraged Over The GoT Creators' New Racially Charged Series
"It is exhausting to think of how many people at HBO said yes to letting two white men envision modern day slavery. And offensive."
