How House Of The Dragon Created The Problems It's Trying To Fix With House Velaryon

House of the Dragon tried to remedy the lack of diversity in the World of Ice and Fire by making one of its primary families, House Velaryon, Black instead of white. This change may have been a good one, but by simply race-swapping these characters, they created the kinds of problems that they were originally trying to fix.

Content Of This Video:
00:00 Racebending Is A Simple Solution To A Complex Problem
04:35 Not Changing The Text Changes The Subtext
09:08 The Subtle Racism That Racebending Has Created
15:04 Outro

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