As for the issue of ethnicity on SGA as I can't comment on SG1, it has annoyed me. I mean I have to say based on many other shows, I do see Teyla and Ronon as more than just 'token' their prevasive figures in the show. Not as in your face as Rodney and John, but very important. And I' thankful for that. For too damn long I've had to deal with poor representation of my people or the damn 'bo jangles' syndrome. Not only that I've had to also deal with the alienation of people like me from key important shows. We have FRIENDS---to me the most racist show in damn near existence. It was so blatantly racist I was appalled, and what's funny is that they had the Jewish guy date the East Asian girl and the girl of African descent. What the hell is that keeping in mind that they live in New York CITY---not the state....the city, and yet, there was no people of African descent as a roomy..what the hell is that? Not even those who consider themselves 'Hispanic' it's offensive. For that reason I liked SGA that there were no tokens...and they weren't used for filler.
But as for their representation on the show as a species..yeah I got a problem. I did notice that the Genii are far more advanced and most of the othe predominantly anglo tribes were....excluding the one in Inferno they had multitude of cultures and ethnicity, and very advanced for their kind. I also felt in season 1 they had definitely a far more open mind to those people of african descent, but I put that down because the show was filmed in Canada.....I always feel that Canada tries real hard to be very PC, all the tv shows like Degrassi, even Instant Star, and a variety of children shows seem very pro ethnic mixing...which was interesting to me. You definitely don't get that in America...and several movies have even brought that to the forefront.
Still, I find it disturbing that the nominated 'leaders' of the primitive peoples - and therefore their representatives - are almost always non-white. (Plus, the leaders of the 'white people with civilisation' are evil if their cultures aren't.)Still, I find it disturbing that the nominated 'leaders' of the primitive peoples - and therefore their representatives - are almost always non-white. (Plus, the leaders of the 'white people with civilisation' are evil if their cultures aren't.)
Well remember even in America to this day those of african descent are second class citizens for all intents and services. I need to prepare myself with a deep breath because I'm bound to hear something stupid, and have to deal with that. I have come to see that we will always be seen as primitive....if your not anglo or pretty much fitting in the WASP mold you are foreign and primitive and our portrayal tends to be like that...or we're damn aggressive and good fighters. There's never really a dynamic portrayal of us. And I find that the characers on SGA especially Ronon and Teyla are looked upon as primitive especially and specifically by those in charge. When in fact they should be seen as Royalty really....since the SGA crew is really the foreign aliens....and are far out of their league.
All in all I like ethinic portrayals or specie protrayals on this show than most other's I've seen.
Re: Hmmmm...pt.2
But as for their representation on the show as a species..yeah I got a problem. I did notice that the Genii are far more advanced and most of the othe predominantly anglo tribes were....excluding the one in Inferno they had multitude of cultures and ethnicity, and very advanced for their kind. I also felt in season 1 they had definitely a far more open mind to those people of african descent, but I put that down because the show was filmed in Canada.....I always feel that Canada tries real hard to be very PC, all the tv shows like Degrassi, even Instant Star, and a variety of children shows seem very pro ethnic mixing...which was interesting to me. You definitely don't get that in America...and several movies have even brought that to the forefront.
Still, I find it disturbing that the nominated 'leaders' of the primitive peoples - and therefore their representatives - are almost always non-white. (Plus, the leaders of the 'white people with civilisation' are evil if their cultures aren't.)
Well remember even in America to this day those of african descent are second class citizens for all intents and services. I need to prepare myself with a deep breath because I'm bound to hear something stupid, and have to deal with that. I have come to see that we will always be seen as primitive....if your not anglo or pretty much fitting in the WASP mold you are foreign and primitive and our portrayal tends to be like that...or we're damn aggressive and good fighters. There's never really a dynamic portrayal of us. And I find that the characers on SGA especially Ronon and Teyla are looked upon as primitive especially and specifically by those in charge. When in fact they should be seen as Royalty really....since the SGA crew is really the foreign aliens....and are far out of their league.
All in all I like ethinic portrayals or specie protrayals on this show than most other's I've seen.
VB