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The Dangers of Single Storytelling (White savior narrative (Pocahontas…
The Dangers of Single Storytelling
One perspective (POV), closed-minded
Unquestioned ideas can snowball
Promotes dangerous stereotypes
Hyper unrealistic standards
Prohibits community building
Unchallenged ideas continue to propagate
White savior narrative
Pocahontas (1995)
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
Over simplifying storylines and characters
LGBTQ movies and doomed romance
Flattens the human experience
The Scarlet Letter - Hester's story is not told from her POV
Does not showing real diversity
Promotes surface storytelling
Power dynamics
Who has the power to tell the story?
Mulan (2020)
Tyler Perry
Representation vs. Industry
See You Yesterday (Netflix)
No nuanced characters