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My comment was my opinion. My perspective. I live in the US, so that is my experience.

As I said, I don't remember the specifics. If it's important and you have an open mind about it, I can see if the episode is available somewhere and refresh my memory and point out specifics. It would take some time, but if you are actually open to seeing it when it is presented, I will do that.

>There is that thing where writers introduce an issue on purpose to resolve it in upcoming arc and force viewer to think.

The bias is not direct, written into the plot as a plot point or written into the character development. It’s not that a character is written to be racist, or the narrative is about racism. Sometimes there are narratives about racism in TV shows and movies, like in that short clip you posted, but that’s not what I’m taking about here specifically. It's subtle things, like limiting the screen time of black characters, or having the black characters most often delivering bad news, or having the black characters more often having negative interactions with the protagonists, or not letting the black characters smile very often, or most often placing the black extras at the back of the room or towards the sides of the frame. It's usually subtle, but it's definitely there.

As I said, I don’t remember the specifics, but I can research it again. I’m sure it must have been something significant for me to not even want to continue watching the series.

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