{"id":104994,"date":"2019-08-07T15:45:49","date_gmt":"2019-08-07T13:45:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/2019\/08\/07\/i-was-attacked-for-calling-for-characters-of-colour-in-chernobyl-but-history-proves-me-right\/"},"modified":"2019-08-07T15:45:49","modified_gmt":"2019-08-07T13:45:49","slug":"i-was-attacked-for-calling-for-characters-of-colour-in-chernobyl-but-history-proves-me-right","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/?p=104994","title":{"rendered":"I was attacked for calling for characters of colour in Chernobyl. But history proves me right"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When I wrote about the drama\u2019s lack of diversity, the response was a volley of racist abuse. Then came the discovery of a real-life black rescue worker at the plant&#8230; The US TV network HBO has been seen as a TV trailblazer, frequently bringing diverse, multidimensional characters to our screens in the likes of the sci-fi series Westworld, the brilliantly relevant Insecure and the female-led drama Big Little Lies. HBO\u2019s latest hit is Chernobyl, a well-drawn depiction of one of the world\u2019s most famous catastrophes. The show, which was co-created by Sky Atlantic, is the network at its finest: a harrowing, truthful portrayal of a story that should never be forgotten. Related: &#8216;A horrible way to die&#8217;: how Chernobyl recreated a nuclear meltdown Continue reading&#8230;<br \/>\nVia: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/tv-and-radio\/2019\/aug\/07\/i-was-attacked-for-calling-for-characters-of-colour-in-chernobyl-but-history-proves-me-right\" target=\"_blank\">I was attacked for calling for characters of colour in Chernobyl. But history proves me right<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When I wrote about the drama\u2019s lack of diversity, the response was a volley of racist abuse. Then came the discovery of a real-life black rescue worker at the plant&#8230; The US TV network HBO has been seen as a TV trailblazer, frequently bringing diverse, multidimensional characters to our screens [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-104994","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104994","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=104994"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104994\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=104994"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=104994"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=104994"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}