queerhawkeye:[Caption: four images, of Brook and Poussey from OINTB, of Viva and Rocky from Some Gir
queerhawkeye:[Caption: four images, of Brook and Poussey from OINTB, of Viva and Rocky from Some Girls, of Jamal and Michael from Empire and of Scott and Kira from Teen Wolf; with the words, “Interracial couples between PoC”.]Prompted by [a question] about interracial couples in media, and the prevalence of White/PoC couples instead of PoC/PoC couples, I started a list of [Interracial Couples Without White People] in live action television, movies, animation and other media. Here are the couples in TV, and in [this tag] you can find the rest. Note I: If you send me a couple for the list, please tell me their ethnicity in your message. Note II: the ethnicities listed below each pairing are those of the actors’, not the characters.Note III: mixed-race, white passing actors are totally counted as long as they consider themselves non-white, even if the movies whitewashed their characters. Interracial couples between PoC in TVBellamy*/Raven in The 100.(Filipino Australian/Mexican mixed latinaslept together once *Bellamy is white-washed)Kira/Scott; Noshiko/Ken and Theo/Tracy in Teen Wolf.(Korean/Mexican mixed latino [***]dated for two seasons, Scott is the show’s leadJapanese/South Korean [*]married with a daughter, supporting charactersWhite&Native American/Chinese&Cherokeekissed on screen)Jamal/Michael; Hakeem/Valentina and Hakeem/Laura in Empire. (Black American&Jewish/Venezuelan mixed latino [***] dated for a season and a half, Jamal is one of the leadsBlack American /Mexican mixed latina hooked up for several episodes, Hakeem is one of the leadsBlack American /Puerto-Rican&Dominican mixed latina [**]been dating for half a season, engaged, Hakeem is one of the leads)Maya/Emily, Caleb/Spencer and Mona/Mike in Pretty Little Liars.(Black American/Filipina [*]dated for a couple episodes, Emily is one of the leadsWhite&Cherokee/Serbian&Sicilian&Black american* [***]dating for a while now, Spencer is one of the leadsChinese/White&Native American*dated for a while, Mona is a recurring character *Mike, Caleb and Spencer are whitewashed)Keep reading -- source link