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She kind of was. She was a white valley girl with the whitest name imaginable. The show joked about it.
That was then, though, and times have changed. What was one considered white suburban preppy culture is more diverse these days.
Oh stop. It absolutely is checking the race box. Total SJW bullshit. Buffy was a ditzy blonde "Valley Girl" Cheeleader thrown into a crazy situation and growing and maturing. That's who Buffy was and that was the sprirt of the show. Now they will change that spirit, with a tough inner city black girl. Fuck Hollywood. How about you create something original and fresh for a black actress to play, instead of a rehash, like Annie etc
She was DEFINED by being white?
There are black people that live in places other than the ghetto.
And you guys are over playing her ditziness. It wasn't like she was a character from 'Clueless' or 'Mean Girls' for the 7 or so seasons the show was on.
I think we're confusing class with race. There are bougey, ditzy black girls in Southern California, believe it or not. It's not "white culture" specifically, it was much more a class and area culture.
The spirit of the show was a young girl getting thrown into crazy, supernatural world, and how she deals with it. The spirit of the show can EASILY be kept using any race or gender.
And are you in talks with Joss whedon to know this is going to be some sort of "hood Buffy"? Where are you getting that?
Even if it were the case...so what ? The spirit of the story is the exact same, but looking at it through the eyes of a girl living in a different part of town.
Inner city girl wakes up to find that she has powers and is a vampire slayer, and now has to deal with living this dual life. It's the same damn story with a different take
And lol at "just create new characters"