Coming-of-age stories do not belong to your straight white male lead anymore. Here are five shows to prove this point
For way too long, stories about adolescent epiphanies have belonged to white males. “Catcher in the Rye,” the fictional father of white angsty teens, has a place in my 12-year-old heart. Still, it didn’t change the fact that Holden Caulfield is a privileged white boy angsting in Pencey Prep.
As a young brown Filipina, I, too, deserve to project my agony to a fictional character that is not a cisgender male. Where are our stories? Lucky for Gen Z kids out there, they don’t need to go through what Y2K teenagers experienced. We are not swimming in a sea of coming-of-age stories dedicated to one demographic anymore. You’ll be surprised at how many films and series are dedicated to telling our stories beyond the white lens.
Before I keep ranting my ass off, here are some diverse coming-of-age shows you can project your angst on.Trust in the squad, indeed. “On My Block” is such a unique, underrated coming-of-age show. We follow Monse, Ruby, Jamal and Cesar as they go through their high school life amid puberty and the biggest heist that will test their friendships.The film? Great. The series? Amazing AF. “Dear White People” centers around Samantha White, a biracial radio DJ infamous for her eponymous campus show.
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