The Expanse

Showrunners said space was not only white Nebraska boys and that one race change had a story reason even when some fans were pissed 1 3.

The critical side argues The Expanse still race-swapped for optics and treats diversity as the product 3. The defending side argues the books already wrote a multiethnic future and some casting held hard ethnicity lines like Bobbie 4. A showrunner said it is not a world where only white Nebraska corn-fed boys went to space 1. Co-creators said major women of color characters came from the novels 2. They said one minor race change in season one angered some fans but had a specific story reason 3. Daniel Abraham said casting Frankie Adams as Bobbie mattered so they would not blink on ethnicity 4. WhatSphere scores advocacy 19 of 100 entertainment-first with identity present 5. Whether book-faithful multiethnicity is still message-first is a values dispute once the on-record casting rules are fixed 4.

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