History Main / ExceptionallyTolerant

!Examples:

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* In Disney's ''WesternAnimation/ThePrincessAndTheFrog'', set in 1920s New Orleans, black people are treated a lot better by their white counterparts than they were in real life at the time. Tiana is even good friends with a very rich white woman. Some elements of racial prejudice are hinted at to avoid being totally unrealistic for the time period but are not explicitly depicted.

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* Used cynically, but close to straight, on Literature/{{Discworld}}, where nobody seems to ''like'' anyone else very much, but you'll probably be able to do all right for yourself even if you're a dwarf, troll, werewolf, zombie, semi-sentient orangutan, or Nobby Nobbs, because Ankh-Morpork is a proud merchant city and can't be kicking its customers out for being too short, rocky, hairy, or dead. (Though in an early book it was stated that the exceptional tolerance extended mainly to humans; "black and white got along fine and ganged up on green." The non-humans became a part of the Ankh-Morpork landscape soon enough.)
** Also, as the series progresses, the city grows more tolerant, thanks (in part) to the City Watch, which hires all species and forces people to deal with those species. That said, there are still intolerant people and certain species (undead and Golems mostly) that aren't as accepted as say trolls and dwarves. If anything, it's the dwarves (or rather the [[TheFundamentalist the deep-downers]]) who become more xenophobic over time until they've basically become the Disc's version of Islamic terrorists.

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Other times, it's done because the author wants to avoid the real-life drama and sadness that accompanies actual bullying and ostracizing, while still allowing an unusual character or real-life unpopular minority to take part in the story. Similarly, in historical-themed stories, it's done to avoid exposing viewers/readers to ValuesDissonance. For more examples of that in particular, see PoliticallyCorrectHistory.

* The comedy ''Series/SchittsCreek'' takes place in a rural town filled but the narrative is absent of homophobia. Pansexual lead David Rose's sexuality is completely accepted, even if his flamboyant fashion sense is occasionally remarked upon. One of the town counselors is a Black ButchLesbian, and the town is very supportive of David's romance with his business partner. The town is also noticeably free of racism, with the aforementioned town counselor Ronnie and Pakistani businessman Ray being pillars of the community. According to creator Creator/DanLevy, this was intentional as he wanted to show how life could be in a small town, not necessarily what it was.

* The comedy ''Series/SchittsCreek'' takes place in a rural town filled but the narrative is absent of homophobia. Pansexual lead David Rose's sexuality is completely accepted, even if his flamboyant fashion sense is occasionally remarked upon. One of the town counselors is a ButchLesbian, and the town is very supportive of David's romance with his business partner. According to creator Creator/DanLevy, this was intentional as he wanted to show how life could be in a small town, not necessarily what it was.

* Many examples of PoliticallyCorrectHistory are this. For example, racial tension that existed in real life in older time periods is sometimes nonexistent in stories that take place in those time periods.

* In Disney's ''Disney/ThePrincessAndTheFrog'', set in 1920s New Orleans, black people are treated a lot better by their white counterparts than they were in real life at the time. Tiana is even good friends with a very rich white woman. Some elements of racial prejudice are hinted at to avoid being totally unrealistic for the time period but are not explicitly depicted.

** Also, as the series progresses, the city grows more tolerant, thanks (in part) to the City Watch, which hires all species and forces people to deal with those species. That said, there are still intolerant people and certain species (undead and Golems mostly) that aren't as accepted as say trolls and dwarves.

* In Disney's ''Disney/ThePrincessAndTheFrog'', set in 1920s New Orleans, black and white people get along a lot better than they did in real life at the time. Tiana is even good friends with a very rich white woman. Some elements of racial prejudice are hinted at, however, to avoid being totally unrealistic for the time period.

But sometimes, the character lives in an unusual land where literally everyone is totally accepting, where discrimination is minimal, or even nonexistent, as if it never occurred in that reality or it has been permanently dealt with. Not only that, but the only way discrimination would exist is if it's literally fictional -- as in, the characters can only see racism and other forms of bigotry in [[ShowWithinAShow fictional media]] (watching it on TV, reading comic books and stories, etc.), but never non-fictional media and never in their real world. If that's the case, the other characters are [[ExceptionallyTolerant unusually tolerant]]. This is on the idealistic side of the SlidingScaleOfIdealismVersusCynicism.

* In Disney's ''Disney/ThePrincessAndTheFrog'', set in 1920s New Orleans, black and white people get along a lot better than they did in original real life at the time. Tiana is even good friends with a very rich white woman. Some elements of racial prejudice are hinted at, however, to avoid being totally unrealistic for the time period.

But sometimes, the character lives in an unusual land where literally everyone is totally accepting, where discrimination is minimal, or even nonexistent, as it never occurred in that reality or it has been permanently dealt with. Not only that, but the only way discrimination would exist if it's literally fictional, as in, the characters or individuals can only see racism and other forms of bigotry in fictional media (watching it on TV, reading comic books and stories, etc.), but never non-fictional media and never in their real world. If that's the case, the other characters are [[ExceptionallyTolerant unusually tolerant]]. This is on the idealistic side of the SlidingScaleOfIdealismVersusCynicism.