Outlander: The Bakra (2017)
Season 3, Episode 12
6/10
Slavery being shown for gratuitous effect
15 October 2021
Warning: Spoilers
The depiction of slaves being held, branded and sold... especially with little exploration into their story... it's not only unnecessary but thoughtless.

Imagine being a POC watching this, and seeing slaves being traded, branded and bought... and then being used as a decorative plot device to further the heroic "white" characters.

That aside - we also have the problematic bargain they made with the slave they BOUGHT in order to then set him free.

Absolutely awful.
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