What a wonderful way to phrase this. 👏🏾 - Janelle Alexander - Medium

…ople of marginalized groups are starting to see themselves represented on the big and small screen. With such a positive change (slow as it might be), it is not surprising to see people wanting to be on the right side of that change. Unfortunately, said people have decided to borrow terms and apply them to the wrong characters. Iro…

How White Fandom is Colonizing “Character-Coding”

Shafira Jordan

Janelle Alexander

Jul 24, 2021

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What a wonderful way to phrase this. 👏🏾

Janelle Alexander

Written by Janelle Alexander

I-Banker turned founder/coder/VC. I do post-investment analysis (KPIs, models, etc.) on startups for VCs. Also: lover of language, chess, & green skincare.

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