>>40753289The underlying idea of representation is that you can have a more rich story by presenting the views of multiple different people in it, and you tap into a wider audience by representing that audience in your media. This often falls flat because having a minority by itself doesn't necessarily translate into good storytelling, and people can relate to or like characters in media without having to be exactly the same as them. I loved Apollo Creed from the Rocky movies and I'm a pasty white man from Australia.
