Terra's Drabbles - Tumblr Posts
I got permission to reblog this amazing description about one of my favorite shows from the creator @extra-terramisu
Thank you for this work of art š
Jason Carver is fucking terrifying to me. He is poster child for pretty and popular white boy who goes to Klan rallies on weeknights and burns crosses in yards.
He literally organized a lynch mob against a group of social pariahs and yāall want to say āoh well his girlfriend diedā š„ŗ Um, no. Have yāall ever once looked at the history of lynching in the U.S.? Jason Carverās storyline in the show is frighteningly similar to the hundreds of recounted stories of white violence against minorities, specifically African Americans.
Yet again Iām worried about the fact that the Duffers, who are in charge of the direction of this multi-million dollar property seen by people the world over, so lazily handle the implications of racism in their showā¦ The show wants so hard to be colorblind but refuses stop placing its few black characters in the midst of violence (Lucas, Erica, Patrick), and have that violence against them be instigated by Jason Carver, who weāre supposed to sympathize with!
*shoves my African American History books off the table in a rage* Godammit Iām so tired of thisā¦