The radical "Jurassic World" we didn't get to see: When "starting from scratch" means "starting from white"
Universal Studios recently announced a release date for the inevitable "Jurassic World" sequel, just two days after the sci-fi adventure passed "The Avengers" to take the No. Wong and Omar Sy — "Jurassic World" maintains the focus on white people reflected in nearly every other big budget heavily marketed Hollywood blockbuster on the all-time list. What’s particularly fascinating about this alternate "Jurassic World," though, is not only that it might have had a Chinese woman as its protagonist, but that her two sons would have been lead characters as well. All of which, as Marron has noted, can teach audiences that whiteness is the default and that “people of color don’t fit into the zeitgeist of human emotions.” Furthermore, as has also been discussed, the cumulative effect of Hollywood’s history of whitewashing stories — of which "Jurassic World" is an example — may have a larger impact on our collective experience of empathy. Because if encouraging people to study many faces from an othered group helps reduce implicit bias, imagine how powerful a "Jurassic World" centering a Chinese woman and her two Chinese sons might have been in the U.S. today.
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