Meaningful diversity extends past skin-deep surfacity. Our ability to identify with others says a lot about our empathy or lack thereof. George Lucas's Star Wars delivered authentic diversity, but his subtler approach to it reveals a sincerity lacking in more recent attempts to serve wider audiences.
00:00 - Channe11 Intro
00:14 - Luke, Lando, and Lucas - Diversity Done Right
00:18 - Getting Personal (No Way Around This)
00:59 - Three Reasons Star Wars Arrived UnEffed
01:44 - In a Galaxy Far, Far Away; Vs...
02:21 - Group A Can Identify with Group B, and Vice Versa
02:56 - Back When Diversity Didn't Spike the Football
03:05 - Pandering, Breaking the Fourth Wall, and Effing Things Up
03:32 - SURFACITY: A Word We Need
04:45 - People Insist on Their Assumptions / Can We Listen?
05:37 - Character Over Color (Among Other Things)
06:04 - Having "Soul" Vs Having "A Soul"
06:26 - Giving Us Wedge-eez: Who's to Blame?
07:09 - Cui Bono?
07:41 - What We Value Says Volumes
08:08 - Luke Ain't Just for White Guys (Unless You Insist)
08:51 - A Journey that Should Sound Familiar
10:39 - Identifying with Luke (Kids Get It)
11:38 - Not a "Mary Sue", and Yes, it Matters
12:51 - Addition Without Subtraction: Why Lando Works (Well)
14:06 - Avoiding the Pitfalls of Patronizing Pandering. (Thanks, George).
15:09 - Courage Is a "Force " of Its Own
16:07 - Recognizing Surfacity for What It Is, in Real Time
17:05 - If You're Not Embarrassed...
17:19 - A "Black Panther" Story
19:19 - It's Essential to Move Beyond the Past
20:27 - Conceding the Value in Representation (a Bit)
20:55 - Luke and Lando: Beyond Surfacity
22:03 - Identifying with Our Innermost Essence
22:49 - Lando's Test and Luke's Plight
24:48 - Star Wars: If It Wasn't Broke, It Won't Be Fixed
25:11 - Narcissism Has a Lot to Do with This
25:49 - Separating Diversity from Tokenism
28:04 - Friends in Other Neighborhoods: The Psychology of "Allies"
28:56 - "I'm not being represented right now!" ... And?
29:26 - Shoes Before Shine (In Entertainment and Life)
29:39 - Miles's Imagination and Empathy in "Sideways"
30:36 - Narcissists Tell on Themselves
31:25 - Good Stories as a Respite from Self-Centeredness
31:56 - You Determine the Audience You're In
32:29 - Got MLK? / Character Has No Expiration Date
33:24 - Thanks again!
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