History side of tumblr, help me out. I’m watching the Netflix series Ratched. I’m loving it but I’m finding some major inconsistencies. One such thing is an interracial couple between Gwendolyn Briggs and Trevor Briggs. They said that they’ve been together for three years. But I recall that the series is set in 1947. I looked it up for when interracial marriage was legalized and that wasn’t until 1948. I’m a bit peeved at the historical inaccuracy because it is inaccuracy for the gay community, is it not? This was a marriage of convenience to avoid their sexuality, sure, but that ignores the glaring fact that men and women of color were not allowed to marry anyone that was white before 1948. Netflix could have shifted time a little to include racial prejudice but they chose to be inaccurate instead. I’m still invested in this show, but I’m disappointed.

