I (a white male) remember identifying with and admiring characters portrayed by Jet Li, Keanu Reeves, Samuel L Jackson, and Tom Jane... as well as female characters. My favorite American hero as a kid was Harriet Tubman, and I sometimes liked to pretend to be her (and no, this doesn't make me trans, either!).
I (a white male) remember identifying with and admiring characters portrayed by Jet Li, Keanu Reeves, Samuel L Jackson, and Tom Jane... as well as female characters. My favorite American hero as a kid was Harriet Tubman, and I sometimes liked to pretend to be her (and no, this doesn't make me trans, either!).
Now, this isn't really about being 'represented,' but it's more like, the characters they were playing were representing people I wanted to be like.
Representation should be about ideals, not about trivial things like looks.
I (a white male) remember identifying with and admiring characters portrayed by Jet Li, Keanu Reeves, Samuel L Jackson, and Tom Jane... as well as female characters. My favorite American hero as a kid was Harriet Tubman, and I sometimes liked to pretend to be her (and no, this doesn't make me trans, either!).
Now, this isn't really about being 'represented,' but it's more like, the characters they were playing were representing people I wanted to be like.
Representation should be about ideals, not about trivial things like looks.