Question 1

Is American Fiction woke?

Accepted Answer

American Fiction has a woke score of 51/100, which means it is mixed, with noticeable woke elements. The story constantly focuses on Black identity politics and the publishing industry's obsession with stereotypical Black trauma stories. Visible gay family member and same-sex elements run through the family drama. The narrative engine is the Black novelist writing a parody "ghetto" book that white liberals and publishers praise as authentic Black art, exposing their hypocrisy the whole way through. No girlboss rewriting or anti-colonial sermons, but identity themes and queer representation stay front and center in the satire.

Question 2

Is there DEI in American Fiction?

Accepted Answer

The biggest factors in our score are Identity-driven story themes, Representation / casting choices, Institutional / cultural critique. A novelist fed up with the establishment profiting from "Black" entertainment uses a pen name to write a book that propels him into the heart of hypocrisy and the madness he claims to disdain.

American Fiction

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