Twin Peaks is Candy for White Liberals

Not that Hawk is much deeper. He’s stoic, spiritual, and a little subservient. So in spite of how much I wanted to like this character, it was pretty clear that the only moderately decent person of color on this show was a stereotype not unlike Josie. This is by no means the first Cigar Store Indian character that we’ve seen in the late 20th century, but it’s certainly one that’s deeply defended by racism apologists — not the ones who are actively racist, but those who can condemn Dances with Wolves in one hand and laugh at Steve Carrell’s impression of Chris Rock on The Office in the other. After all, the very same people that love Twin Peaks also take a progressive stance when it comes to race, gender, and equality — it’s easy to neglect some of those issues when they’re relevant to something you love, that you’ve come to defend because of how it relates to your interest in that subject matter. So this is where Alice, a pseudonym for my ex-girlfriend (but not the one that Audrey reminds me of), comes in. <a href="https://medium.com/american-other/twin-peaks-is-candy-for-white-liberals-98fc93eea4d4">Website</a>