{"id":1115360,"date":"2021-12-13T16:59:32","date_gmt":"2021-12-13T21:59:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1115360"},"modified":"2021-12-13T16:59:34","modified_gmt":"2021-12-13T21:59:34","slug":"and-just-like-that-turns-miranda-into-kendi-quoting-anti-racist-in-sex-and-the-city-sequel-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/and-just-like-that-turns-miranda-into-kendi-quoting-anti-racist-in-sex-and-the-city-sequel-series\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018And Just Like That\u2019 Turns Miranda Into Kendi-Quoting Anti-Racist In \u2018Sex And The City\u2019 Sequel Series"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fand-just-like-that-turns-miranda-into-kendi-quoting-anti-racist-in-sex-and-the-city-sequel-series%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1115360&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>No one knew quite what to expect from the highly-anticipated \u201cSex and the City\u201d sequel series, \u201cAnd Just Like That.\u201d But anyone who\u2019s been paying attention for the past few years must have known that the HBO Max series was destined to include woke messaging to update a show that\u2019s been deemed \u201cproblematic\u201d by modern standards.<\/p>\n<p>The interesting detail about \u201cAnd Just Like That,\u201d however, is how the series addresses these new plot points. Instead of weaving leftist values into the storyline and making them seem natural, writers turned Miranda Hobbes (Cynthia Nixon) into a total anti-racist wannabe. As the former lawyer tries to assimilate into her new role as a student at Columbia University, she makes a total fool of herself in part because the rules are so different now.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Miranda\u2019s shame-fest begins during her very first class at Columbia. After \u201cmisgendering\u201d a fellow student, she admits to not recognizing her black teacher Dr. Nya Wallace (Karen Pittman) because of her braids. What follows is the most cringe-worthy speech in defense of her actions, where Miranda keeps saying the wrong things while attempting to justify her initial statement. And none of it even slightly resembles the confident, accomplished career woman from the original \u201cSex and the City\u201d series. It\u2019s almost like Miranda\u2019s never seen a black person before.<\/p>\n<p>Later, Miranda runs into her teacher attempting to get into a building without her ID. Even after embarrassing herself once before, Miranda leaps into action, subtly accusing the security card of being racist for refusing Dr. Wallace entry. But the professor chastises Miranda for getting involved.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOne of the important takeaways I got from \u2018How to Be an Antiracist\u2019 is if you see something, you have to speak on it. You have to call it out,\u201d Miranda tells her prof.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWell that\u2019s very noble of you, even if a tad bit white savior complex, but the reality is you just inflamed a situation that was perfectly fine,\u201d Dr. Wallace replies.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd Just Like That\u201d writer Samantha Irby said during an interview with <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2021\/12\/and-just-like-that-cast-writers-diversity-season-1-1234888026\/\">Deadline<\/a> that the first two episodes of the new series \u201creally lean into the uncomfortable conversations.\u201d Apparently that means turning Miranda into a clueless \u201cKaren\u201d who can\u2019t help quoting Critical Race Theory from Ibram X. Kendi.<\/p>\n<p>Besides the racial themes, the new series introduces Carrie Bradshaw\u2019s (Sarah Jessica Parker) new colleague Che Diaz (Sarah Ramirez), a \u201cqueer non-binary Mexican-Irish diva\u201d podcaster with a clear agenda. At one point, Che says, \u201cWhat can \u2026 a straight cis male personally do to eradicate the harmful patriarchal system of this gender binary compulsive heterosexuality?\u201d with no trace of sarcasm.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>And once again this new, modern character is placed into the script to make the original \u201cSex and the City\u201d ladies appear old and out-of-touch. When Carrie refuses to divulge to Che during a live broadcast if she masturbates, the podcast host becomes frustrated and says she needs to start sharing more graphic details of her sex life.<\/p>\n<p>By the end of the episode, Carrie seems more willing to at least consider talking more openly about her masturbation habits. But this exchange is also introduced as a way to make the original \u201cSex and the City\u201d ladies look incredibly clueless, which used to be Charlotte\u2019s role to fill exclusively.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s a good chance Carrie, Miranda, and Charlotte will all get progressively more woke as the series progresses. But did we expect anything less?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd Just Like That\u201d airs Thursdays exclusively on HBO Max.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\">member<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>No one knew quite what to expect from the highly-anticipated \u201cSex and the City\u201d sequel series, \u201cAnd Just Like That.\u201d But anyone who\u2019s been paying attention for the past few years must have known that the HBO Max series was destined to include woke messaging to update a show that\u2019s been deemed \u201cproblematic\u201d by modern standards.The interesting detail about \u201cAnd Just Like That,\u201d however, is how the series addresses these new plot points. Instead of weaving leftist values into the storyline and making them seem natural, writers turned Miranda Hobbes (Cynthia Nixon) into a total anti-racist wannabe. As the former lawyer tries to assimilate into her new role as a student at Columbia University, she makes a total fool of herself in part because the rules are so different now.\u00a0Miranda\u2019s shame-fest begins during her very first class at Columbia. After \u201cmisgendering\u201d a fellow student, she admits to not recognizing her black teacher Dr. Nya Wallace (Karen Pittman) because of her braids. What follows is the most cringe-worthy speech in defense of her actions, where Miranda keeps saying the wrong things while attempting to justify her initial statement. And none of it even slightly resembles the confident, accomplished career woman from the original \u201cSex and the City\u201d series. It\u2019s almost like Miranda\u2019s never seen a black person before.Later, Miranda runs into her teacher attempting to get into a building without her ID. Even after embarrassing herself once before, Miranda leaps into action, subtly accusing the security card of being racist for refusing Dr. Wallace entry. But the professor chastises Miranda for getting involved.\u201cOne of the important takeaways I got from \u2018How to Be an Antiracist\u2019 is if you see something, you have to speak on it. You have to call it out,\u201d Miranda tells her prof.\u201cWell that\u2019s very noble of you, even if a tad bit white savior complex, but the reality is you just inflamed a situation that was perfectly fine,\u201d Dr. Wallace replies.\u00a0\u201cAnd Just Like That\u201d writer Samantha Irby said during an interview with Deadline that the first two episodes of the new series \u201creally lean into the uncomfortable conversations.\u201d Apparently that means turning Miranda into a clueless \u201cKaren\u201d who can\u2019t help quoting Critical Race Theory from Ibram X. Kendi.Besides the racial themes, the new series introduces Carrie Bradshaw\u2019s (Sarah Jessica Parker) new colleague Che Diaz (Sarah Ramirez), a \u201cqueer non-binary Mexican-Irish diva\u201d podcaster with a clear agenda. At one point, Che says, \u201cWhat can \u2026 a straight cis male personally do to eradicate the harmful patriarchal system of this gender binary compulsive heterosexuality?\u201d with no trace of sarcasm.\u00a0And once again this new, modern character is placed into the script to make the original \u201cSex and the City\u201d ladies appear old and out-of-touch. When Carrie refuses to divulge to Che during a live broadcast if she masturbates, the podcast host becomes frustrated and says she needs to start sharing more graphic details of her sex life.By the end of the episode, Carrie seems more willing to at least consider talking more openly about her masturbation habits. But this exchange is also introduced as a way to make the original \u201cSex and the City\u201d ladies look incredibly clueless, which used to be Charlotte\u2019s role to fill exclusively.\u00a0There\u2019s a good chance Carrie, Miranda, and Charlotte will all get progressively more woke as the series progresses. But did we expect anything less?\u201cAnd Just Like That\u201d airs Thursdays exclusively on HBO Max.\u00a0The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a member.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":345,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1115360","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1115360","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/345"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1115360"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1115360\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1115360"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1115360"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1115360"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}