Question 1

Is Loving woke?

Accepted Answer

Loving has a woke score of 20/100, which means it is not especially woke compared with higher-scoring titles. The 2016 film Loving tells the true story of Richard and Mildred Loving. Richard was a white construction worker and Mildred was a woman of mixed Black, white, and Native American background in rural Virginia. They married in 1958 even though state law banned interracial marriage. Police arrested them, and they fought the case all the way to the Supreme Court, which struck down the bans in 1967. The movie shows this as a simple love story of two quiet people who just wanted to stay together and raise their family, with no modern political speeches or activist messages.

Question 2

Is there DEI in Loving?

Accepted Answer

The biggest factors in our score are Identity-driven story themes, Representation / casting choices, Institutional / cultural critique. In 1958, in the state of Virginia, the idea of interracial marriage was not only considered to be immoral to many, it was also illegal. When Richard and Mildred fall in love, they are aware of the eyes staring at them and the words said behind their backs. It's when they get married, however, that words and looks become actions, and the two are arrested. The couple decide to take their case all of the way to the Supreme Court in order to fight for their love. Based on a true story.

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