WHOSE Eighties, Exactly? Or, “Stranger Things”: When Mileage Variance Meets the Road

The Black Kids in 'Stranger Things' Never Get the Story They Deserve

Also, this, as a side-note: https://www.theroot.com/stranger-things-caleb-mclaughlin-addresses-racism-from-1849585796

I’m about to run out of sarcastically shocked gifs, yo. Lack of DEI is a helluva drug.

Figured I’d crosspost this here, sooooo….

Frankly, I think what’s stated in this article is why I’ve been putting off watching Stranger Things. After a LIFETIME of this shit and the lifetimes of prior generations, can I CALL THIS SHIT or can I call it? I’d had a feeling when none of the voices crowing about this show in the Fan-o-sphere seemed to be Black. Or, really, anything but white. The more I observe the fandom-balloon around Stranger Things, the less I’m interested in investing my time. Whenever I read about or hear about how “right” this show gets the Eighties, I always roll my eyes and think: “M’kay, but, WHOSE eighties? I’m thinking not mine.” And I was right. Black People Spidey-sense has never steered me wrong.