Inequality / Identity

The Elephant in the Bedroom | Episode 1: Just My Type

05:00 am on 14 February 2022

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James & Chye-Ling, Asian creatives and best friends, realise they have a dating bias toward white people, and are investigating why. They hear theories from other people of colour who have the same type, linked to where they grew up, media, and wanting to belong. The Elephant in the Bedroom emerges: will their investigation have real-world consequences on their relationships with their white partners?

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On a double date, James & Chye-Ling, two Asian BFFs, realise their type is white people. How did this happen, and is it upholding a white supremacist system. Can love really be racist?