Netflix’s BEEF is the Opposite of ‘Identity Politics’ Representation

Hollywood has its own version of the model minority myth. Or put more accurately, the compulsion to cast minorities in certain model roles. Black people are frequently portrayed as police officers, scientists, and in positions of power. Asians are frequently coupled with non-Asian partners, as if to fulfill a maximum number of POC representation in a romantic subplot which runs adjacent to the main white couple. Women in general are represented as spunky, excellent, and witty. ‘Identity Politics’ is described by the <a href="https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/identity-politics/" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy</a> as activism which arises from the shared experiences of identity-based groups. It’s a porous term that can refer to a multitude of things, but this is how I would characterize representation in an identity politics context: it demands political allyship from our use of media to tell stories about the world; it presents our world with an idealistic flair, shaped in response to criticisms of its preceding era; most importantly, it has a tendency to draw minorities in the way we want them to be, rather than in the authenticity of their lived experiences. <a href="https://fanfare.pub/netflixs-beef-is-the-opposite-of-identity-politics-representation-72cd5151c630">Click Here</a>