Is GOT Racist?
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I suppose it depends on what you mean by racism. It doesn't treat communities of color badly -- most of the people are just as good or just as bad as any of the white communities. Missandei is one of the few truly unambiguously good people on the show, and all of the really bad villains (Cersei, Ramsey, Joffrey, Viserys) are all white. But I have gotten a sense that there is a White Man's Burden going on. The Unsullied and common people of Mireen, Yunkai, and Astapor are all slaves...until the whitest person on the show comes along and frees them. (That scene at end of Season 3 where Dany crowd surfs with the freed slaves is still weird to me.) The Dothraki are uncivilized, raping hords...until Dany comes along and civilizes them. And of course, none of them are capable of leading their own people, but she is.
It doesn't bother me that Westeros is mostly Caucasian (yes, this is a fantasy world, but if the Andals, Roynar, and the First Men were all historically white, then it is at least consistent), but the presenting of Dany as this Great White Savior of the poor uncivilized non-whites does.