Friday, December 13, 2019

Supremacists v. Progressives

iZombie
  • 4 years after the zombie outbreak, humans are mad at zombies for taking over Seattle and creating more and more of themselves
  • One human in particular forms a gang called the Deadenders whose goal is to kill all the zombies
  • in retaliation the zombies go rouge and take matters into their own hands by putting zombies in high positions of power outside of Seattle to protect themselves
  • Soon domestic terrorist attacks start happening and a civil war breaks out between the zombies and humans
This puts a twist on the classic white supremacist versus progressive citizen of our world. We learned about the Supremacist who committed acts of domestic terrorism inspired by a book, The Turner Diaries. And just as the Zombies retaliated and the Humans fought thus resulting in a civil war, we too have had a civil war due to differences in appearance. Our civil war was against the north and south over the enslavement of black citizens, which is still a highly controversial topic in America today. Although not indefinite to all Supremacists, the civil war and its topic of slavery is still the basis to their need for power. Some white supremacists feel it is the white man's place to rule the world and have anyone who doesn't look like them, serve them. Not to say that Humans wanted Zombies to be their slaves but they definitely wanted to eradicate them because of the "danger" they imposed. And that is still a very common thought for white supremacists. Some feel that if they allow for minorities to reach high places of power or be treated equally then they will somehow be replaced and forgotten. No one wants to be replaced but that is no justification on how we treat other people or even the matter of the truth. There is no truth to this allegation, in the fictional world or non-fictional world. Both sides decided it was violence that was going to save them when in reality it just divided them further instead of reaching a consensus. 10 years after the civil war broke loose between the zombies and humans, it was decided that there would be an island specifically inhabited by zombies. Although not the solution since there were still Deadenders who wanted them eradicated and in fact divided them even more by admitting that they were not to be living on the same continent as the humans implying that they are too dangerous. 

in conclusion, there wasn't a solution found in this fictional show and clearly there hasn't been a solution found in our real world because there are still people who feel that if there isn't segregation then they will never have the power they think they deserve. 



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