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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Considering that the only PoC on GoT are slaves, or recently freed slaves, I don't trust these two with this project for one second.

More to the point, we do not need a show in which the South is glorified and Black folks are shown only in bondage.  [/quote]

Black people won't only be in bondage. They weren't only in bondage during the antebellum period. Even most popular literature and films show free AA, even ones that were prospering despite lack of political rights and the threat of violence. Please do some reading. Free blacks owned businesses throughout the South, formed civic associations, and in some cases were deemed indispensable by local government officials who resisted blanket legislation to force free blacks to move out of state.[/quote]

So, you totally trust these two showrunners with that nuance? Unless this is an Inglorious Basterds style romp featuring freed and escaped enslaved folks murdering their way through the Confederacy, I'm uninterested in this.  [/quote]

Those two show runners will be partnering with two African-American writers. I would at least give the show a chance to see if it treats the subject with sensitivity. [/quote]

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