Episode 61: Merlin, Race & Racism Merlisten

In today's episode, MissSnowfox and Xan are joined by Sophie to talk about a difficult topic: Merlin and race, as well as racism - both on the show and in fandom. Strap in for 2.5h where we try to disentangle this heavy subject and hopefully manage to help educate our [white] listeners.



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Southall Black Sisters

UK Black Pride

The Hackney Migrant Centre

The Unity Project



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Resources/Links

Sophie on twitter

Sophie on instagram



Black Lives Matter resources



Multiculturalism, Diversity, and Religious Tolerance in Modern Britain and the BBC's "Merlin"

Casting, Plotting, and Enchanting: Arthurian Women in Starz's "Camelot" and the BBC's "Merlin"



Feirefiz, Prcival's half-brother

Vitiligo

Moriaen



Cinderella (1997)



Squee from the margins : Investigating the operations of racial/culturual/ethnic identity in media fandom

Statistics

In all five seasons of Merlin (65 episodes), we can count:



* 1 Black woman



* Gwen





* 9 Black men or Men of Color (with lines)



* Person of Color: Lancelot

* Black Men: Tom, Elyan, Sir Ewan, Sir Pellinore, Myror, Helios,