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As one of many reasons for xenophobia and racism is the dehumanisation of people who are different, Detroit might help racists step in the shoes of marginalised groups and see how most of them are just victims of racist societies, kind of like a self-fulfilling prophecy.

The initial scene with Marcus is pretty powerful to show senseless violence against non-humans. Detroit continues to show how one can become human or become emotionally intelligent instead. Sadly most racists are human...

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[–] [email protected] 23 points 11 months ago (10 children)

I don't think particularly ham-fisted and unsubtle allegory about racism is going to do anything to convince racists that decades of drastically better media on the same subject hasn't done.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

Yeah, like with The Boys series conservatives thought of Homelander as a protagonist, the good guy, a role model

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Good point, but the protagonists in Detroit are the marginalized.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago

yeah, but my point was conservative people might not identify with marginalized side here

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