Van Lathan Award for Did This Movie Need More Black People?
The lack of Black characters matters, while one participant also values fantasy as a temporary escape from real racial burdens.
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- Seeing Black people in fantasy is described as reassurance that imagined worlds have not erased them.
- The counterpoint says this particular fantasy offers relief from thinking about real-world racial barriers.
- Chasing Amy is praised for satirizing the racial politics of the original Star Wars.