https://contemporaryracism.org/157667/colorblind-a-rooney/ An academic blog about whiteness, implicit bias, and systemic racism Fri, 13 Dec 2024 01:37:05 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://contemporaryracism.org/157667/colorblind-a-rooney/comment-page-1/#comment-1336 Fri, 13 Dec 2024 01:37:05 +0000 https://contemporaryracism.org/?p=157667#comment-1336 I, too, watched this show and thinking about it now I completely agree. I also see different representations of this within other shows or films and it’s disappointing. A good point you brought up was how writers use this tactic to create more diversity within casting, however it seems to be for the wrong reasons. It was not right for the writers to ignore the fact that Parker clearly is of a different race, as it glosses over Parker’s identity – which, is, like you said, more than just visual traits.

]]> https://contemporaryracism.org/157667/colorblind-a-rooney/comment-page-1/#comment-1328 Wed, 11 Dec 2024 21:26:31 +0000 https://contemporaryracism.org/?p=157667#comment-1328 You know, I never once thought about this as a kid, and I too had a small crush on Parker. I often see him and his brothers post on social media now and it’s clear as day they are POC, looking back at the picture of the Rooney family I always thought their parents were mixed race but the picture provided has me in awe, I think because the mom was darker I assumed she was some kind of POC and the father too but I could be completely wrong, in all honesty I find it interesting how kid shows back then avoided the topic of race so blatantly but the shows my younger siblings watch now tend to do a fine job at addressing it.

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