Woke check
Let's see
Black=good
Blacks are presented as a model minority. The competent and ethical professionals are all black except for a woman who was Asian.
Black characters have a level of awareness and a moral compass which none of the white characters were capable of. They are flawless. Every single black character turned out to be good even as we got to take a closer look into their minds and personalities. Even the prisoner who bludgeoned Dahmer to death and the girl who destroyed the camera which belonged to white youngsters, were nothing but highly relatable vigilantes. Black violence is justified.
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LGBT=good
This was a tough task since the main villain was gay, but LGBT and the gay scene was otherwise given a very positive portrayal.
But Netflix messed up by putting in the LGBT tag on a series about a necrophiliac, cannibalistic serial killer.
That's a big minus point.
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Ableism=bad
The series dedicated a whole episode to deaf people.
Deaf people are normal people with same kind of interests and humor as us, deal with it.
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White=bad
White professionals are racist, incompetent & immoral.
Dahmer chose a black district because he wanted to take advantage of his white privilege and systemic racism.
Good white people do exist, but they are also flawed.
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Support black-owned businesses!
Multiple directors and writers involved in making this series are black or POC.
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Overall it's a woke APPROVED series, for now.
It is exploitative, black victims are being exploited, something which it accuses other publications of doing, but it tries to offset it by otherwise being pro-black.
They have achieved that, for now, but it might be brought down by the black power of the Lindsey family.