That's the question recently posed by Psychology Today.
From the article...
Harris invited several other race bloggers to chime in and part of the blog post's charm is the many varied perspectives. For example, Racialicious blogger Latoya Peterson hated all three options but ultimately took a stand against erasure.
"I think there are more than enough all white worlds already," she wrote, "losing the tokens just contributes to our overall erasure. Remember, out of sight, out of mind. And we all know how that goes down, season after season."
As someone who often writes about racial dynamics in the media, Peterson's words resonate loudly. From this particular perspective (as a race scholar/activist), there is nothing worse than erasure, because it doesn't allow any kind of meaningful analysis or discussion beyond "Can you believe there were no people of color in the show/book/film?"
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