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* '''Straight''': A story that takes place in the DeepSouth ''just'' after UsefulNotes/TheAmericanCivilWar depicts Alice, a Black woman, running a very successful business. None of the other characters blink.
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* '''Straight''': A story that takes place in the DeepSouth ''just'' after UsefulNotes/TheAmericanCivilWar depicts Alice, a Black woman, running a very successful business. None of the other characters blink.blinks.
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** Alice is successful even though she's also [[TwoferTokenMinority an open lesbian, atheist, and left-handed]].
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** Alice has to deal with racism that was appropriate for the time period, but doesn't deal with the type of sexism that was normal in that era.
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** Alice has to deal deals with racism of a level that was appropriate accurate for the time period, time, but doesn't deal with the type degree of sexism that was also normal in that era.
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** Alice is a Black woman who's dating or married to a White man in a time and place where such interracial relationships would be illegal. Anti-miscegenation sentiments and statutes are only vaguely acknowledged when the couple receives shocked glares and stares from strangers, but nobody actually says anything.
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** Alice is a Black woman who's dating or married to a White man in a time and place where such interracial relationships would be illegal. Anti-miscegenation sentiments and statutes are only vaguely acknowledged when the couple receives shocked glares and stares from strangers, but nobody actually says or does anything.
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** Alice's Blackness is later revealed to have been based upon a historical misinterpretation. When accounts described her as dark-skinned and from Africa, they meant she was well-tanned and from Boer farmers who immigrated. She was still White and considered as such.
** [[UnreliableNarrator this is just a fake version of history being told to the in-universe audience.]] The real version of the history is actually not... politically correct.
** [[UnreliableNarrator this is just a fake version of history being told to the in-universe audience.]] The real version of the history is actually not... politically correct.
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** Alice's Blackness is later revealed to have been based upon a historical misinterpretation. When accounts described her as dark-skinned and from Africa, UsefulNotes/{{Africa}}, they meant she was well-tanned and from Boer farmers who immigrated. She was still White and considered as such.
** [[UnreliableNarratorthis This is just a fake version of history being told to the in-universe audience.]] The real version of the history is actually not...not ... politically correct.
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** They married for love, and it's shown that Bob clearly cares about her and respects her as a human being. None of their neighbors make any negative comments about their interracial marriage (which is also a real, legally-binding marriage at a time when it wouldn't be), and anyone that does is shown to be a less-than-sympathetic character.
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** They married for love, and it's shown that Bob clearly cares about her and respects her as a human being. None of their neighbors make makes any negative comments about their interracial marriage (which is also a real, legally-binding legally binding marriage at a time when it wouldn't be), and anyone that does is all characters who do are shown to be a less-than-sympathetic character.less than sympathetic.
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* '''Exploited''': Alice uses her place in society to advance civil rights.
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** Alice uses her place in society to advance civil rights.
** Alice uses her place in society to advance civil rights.
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* '''Discussed''': Bob is a {{Time Travel}}ler from the future who has just met Alice, and they have this exchange:
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* '''Discussed''': Bob is a White male {{Time Travel}}ler from the future who has just met Alice, and they have this exchange:
-->'''Alice''': I hope I've shown you otherwise, Bob.
* '''Played for Laughs''': Amy and Ben decide to go the extra mile for their history project by travelling in time. They go to the Old South with their history books to check them for accuracy and break out laughing when they find that Black–White, male–female, and interfaith equality are all the order of the day, contra almost everything it says.
* '''Played for Drama''': Amy and Ben accidentally leave their inaccurate history book behind when they return to their own time -- [[NiceJobBreakingItHero which leads to the events depicted therein coming true]] because some White male supremacists [[MisaimedFandom thought that depiction of their timeline seemed like a]] {{Utopia}} and worked to bring it about.
* '''Played for Drama''': Amy and Ben accidentally leave their inaccurate history book behind when they return to their own time -- [[NiceJobBreakingItHero which leads to the events depicted therein coming true]] because some White male supremacists [[MisaimedFandom thought that depiction of their timeline seemed like a]] {{Utopia}} and worked to bring it about.
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** Alice is a time-traveller who used her technology to convince the local populace that she is a God.
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** Showing a character in the past with the attitudes they actually would have had carries a high risk of making them UnintentionallyUnsympathetic. [[ValuesDissonance Even if it's period-accurate]], there's some things that a modern audience [[MoralEventHorizon cannot forgive]].
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** Showing a character in the past with the attitudes they actually would have had carries a high risk of making them UnintentionallyUnsympathetic. UnintentionallyUnsympathetic, or even an accidental PoliticallyIncorrectVillain. [[ValuesDissonance Even if it's period-accurate]], there's some things that a modern audience [[MoralEventHorizon simply cannot forgive]].
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** Showing a historical character with the attitudes they actually had carries a high risk of making them UnintentionallyUnsympathetic. [[ValuesDissonance Even if it's period-accurate]], there's some things that a modern audience [[MoralEventHorizon cannot forgive]].
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** Showing a historical character in the past with the attitudes they actually would have had carries a high risk of making them UnintentionallyUnsympathetic. [[ValuesDissonance Even if it's period-accurate]], there's some things that a modern audience [[MoralEventHorizon cannot forgive]].
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** Showing a historical character with the attitudes they actually had carries a high risk of making them UnintentionallyUnsympathetic. [[ValuesDissonance Even if it's period-accurate]], there's some things that a modern audience [[MoralEventHorizon cannot forgive]].
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** The story takes place in a WretchedHive setting. One of its very few upsides is that nobody cares who or what anyone is. Deserters, pirates, murderers, thieves, and traitors prowl the city and everyone knows it. Given the amount of 'bad people' walking around, nobody is likely to care about lesser issues like some excommunicated clergy marrying two men, even if it would incite a riot in more 'respectable' cities. Besides, [[BullyingADragon mocking a pirate captain over his love for men is likely to get you]] [[CruelAndUnusualDeath shanked, gutted, and hung up on your intensities on the ship's mast.]]
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** The story takes place in a WretchedHive setting. One of its very few upsides is that nobody cares who or what anyone is. Deserters, pirates, murderers, thieves, and traitors prowl the city and everyone knows it. Given the amount of 'bad people' "bad people" walking around, nobody is likely to care about lesser issues like some excommunicated clergy marrying two men, even if it would incite a riot in more 'respectable' "respectable" cities. Besides, [[BullyingADragon mocking a pirate captain over his love for men is likely to get you]] [[CruelAndUnusualDeath shanked, gutted, and hung up on by your intensities intestines on the ship's mast.]]mast]].
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** Alice does well, but the dress shop is 'officially' owned and Alice is 'employed' by [[ExceptionallyTolerant a generous White man who despises racism]] who is really a silent partner to give a veneer of acceptability to society. This shields her from the worst of the problems as racists can rationalize her as merely a good servant of someone 'proper'.
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** Alice does well, but the dress shop is 'officially' "officially" owned and Alice is 'employed' "employed" by [[ExceptionallyTolerant a generous White man who despises racism]] who is really a silent partner to give a veneer of acceptability to society. This shields her from the worst of the problems as racists can rationalize her as merely a good servant of someone 'proper'."proper".
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* '''Straight''': A story that takes place in the DeepSouth ''just'' after UsefulNotes/TheAmericanCivilWar depicts Alice, a Black woman, running a very successful business. None of the other characters blinks.
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* '''Straight''': A story that takes place in the DeepSouth ''just'' after UsefulNotes/TheAmericanCivilWar depicts Alice, a Black woman, running a very successful business. None of the other characters blinks.blink.
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** The author is a PolicitcallyCorrectVillain making propaganda.
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** The author is a PolicitcallyCorrectVillain PoliticallyCorrectVillain with the purpose of making revisionist propaganda.
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** YouHaveToHaveJews, even when religious or cultural background wouldn't be really important to the story.
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** The story takes place in a WretchedHive setting. One of its very few upsides is that nobody cares who or what anyone is. Deserters, pirates, murderers, thieves, and traitors prowl the city and everyone knows it. Given the amount of 'bad people' walking around, nobody is likely to care about lesser issues like some excommunicated clergy marrying two men, even if it would incite a riot in more 'respectable' cities. Besides, [[BullyingADragon mocking a pirate captain over his love for men is likely to get you stabbed]].
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** The story takes place in a WretchedHive setting. One of its very few upsides is that nobody cares who or what anyone is. Deserters, pirates, murderers, thieves, and traitors prowl the city and everyone knows it. Given the amount of 'bad people' walking around, nobody is likely to care about lesser issues like some excommunicated clergy marrying two men, even if it would incite a riot in more 'respectable' cities. Besides, [[BullyingADragon mocking a pirate captain over his love for men is likely to get you stabbed]].you]] [[CruelAndUnusualDeath shanked, gutted, and hung up on your intensities on the ship's mast.]]
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** "I know things were backwards in the past, but I don't really feel comfortable depicting open bigotry in the story, even if doing so would be historically accurate."
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** [[FlawlessToken Positive Discrimination]]
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* '''Straight''': A story that takes place in the DeepSouth ''just'' after the UsefulNotes/AmericanCivilWar depicts Alice, a black woman, running a very successful business. None of the other characters blink.
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** Not only does it feature the above situation, but the main characters are a FiveTokenBand
* '''Exaggerated''':
** Not only does it feature the above situation, but the main characters are a FiveTokenBand
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* '''Straight''': A story that takes place in the DeepSouth ''just'' after the UsefulNotes/AmericanCivilWar UsefulNotes/TheAmericanCivilWar depicts Alice, a black Black woman, running a very successful business. None of the other characters blink.
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** Not only does it feature the above situation, but the main characters are aFiveTokenBandFiveTokenBand.
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** Not only does it feature the above situation, but the main characters are a
** Alice is ''the leader'' of her town, ''[[UsefulNotes/AntebellumAmerica before]]'' [[UsefulNotes/AntebellumAmerica the war]].
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** Alice does well but the dress shop is 'officially' owned by and Alice is 'employed' [[ExceptionallyTolerant a generous white man who despises racism]] who is really a silent partner to give a veneer of acceptability to society. This shields her from the worst of the problems as racists can rationalize her as merely a good servant of someone 'proper'.
** Alice is a black woman who's dating or married to a white man in a time and place where such interracial relationships would be illegal. Anti-miscegenation sentiments are only vaguely acknowledged when the couple receives shocked glares and stares from strangers, but nobody actually says anything.
** Alice is a black woman who's dating or married to a white man in a time and place where such interracial relationships would be illegal. Anti-miscegenation sentiments are only vaguely acknowledged when the couple receives shocked glares and stares from strangers, but nobody actually says anything.
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** Alice does well well, but the dress shop is 'officially' owned by and Alice is 'employed' by [[ExceptionallyTolerant a generous white White man who despises racism]] who is really a silent partner to give a veneer of acceptability to society. This shields her from the worst of the problems as racists can rationalize her as merely a good servant of someone 'proper'.
** Alice is ablack Black woman who's dating or married to a white White man in a time and place where such interracial relationships would be illegal. Anti-miscegenation sentiments and statutes are only vaguely acknowledged when the couple receives shocked glares and stares from strangers, but nobody actually says anything.
** Alice is a
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** The story takes place in a WretchedHive setting. One of its very few upsides is that nobody gives a damn about cares who or what anyone is. Deserters, pirates, murderers, thieves, and traitors prowl the city and everyone knows it. Given the amount of 'bad people' walking around, nobody is likely to care about lesser issues like some excommunicated clergy marrying two men, even if it would incite a riot in more 'respectable' cities. Besides, [[BullyingADragon mocking a pirate captain over his love for men is likely to get you stabbed]].
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** The story depicts Alice as having lost ''everything'', even implying that she was (somewhat) [[HappinessInSlavery better off as a slave]].
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** The story depicts Alice as having lost ''everything'', even implying that she was (somewhat) [[HappinessInSlavery better off as a slave]].when she was enslaved]].
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** The story is set in modern times, but with all the social mores of the past still relatively ''unchanged'' ([[DeliberateValuesDissonance and with all of its flaws]]). Alice is still considered to be property in an otherwise modern-looking 21st century.
** The bigotry manages to become historically inaccurate. While people may look down on Alice for being a lesbian in Chicago in the 1970s she couldn't be arrested for that explicitly.
** The bigotry manages to become historically inaccurate. While people may look down on Alice for being a lesbian in Chicago in the 1970s she couldn't be arrested for that explicitly.
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** The story is set in modern times, but with all the social mores of the past still relatively ''unchanged'' ([[DeliberateValuesDissonance and with all of its the same flaws]]). Alice is still considered to be property in an otherwise modern-looking 21st century.
** The bigotry manages to become historically inaccurate. While people may look down on Alice for being a lesbian inChicago UsefulNotes/{{Chicago}} in the 1970s TheSeventies, she couldn't be arrested for that explicitly.
** The bigotry manages to become historically inaccurate. While people may look down on Alice for being a lesbian in
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** Alice is [[TheOldestProfession a brothel madam]]. Most of her girls are young black women, and most of the clients are sleazy white men.
** Alice is not very well off at the beginning, but [[BlackGalOnWhiteGuyDrama she gets married to Bob]], a wealthy white man (who happens to be the son of her former owner.)
** Alice's blackness is later revealed to have been based upon a historical misinterpretation. When accounts described her as dark skinned and from Africa they meant she was well tanned and from Boer farmers who immigrated. She was still white and considered as such.
** Alice is not very well off at the beginning, but [[BlackGalOnWhiteGuyDrama she gets married to Bob]], a wealthy white man (who happens to be the son of her former owner.)
** Alice's blackness is later revealed to have been based upon a historical misinterpretation. When accounts described her as dark skinned and from Africa they meant she was well tanned and from Boer farmers who immigrated. She was still white and considered as such.
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** Alice is [[TheOldestProfession a brothel madam]]. Most of her girls are young black Black women, and most of the clients are sleazy white men.
White men.
** Alice is not very well off at the beginning, but [[BlackGalOnWhiteGuyDrama she gets married to Bob]], a wealthywhite White man (who happens to be the son of her former owner.)
owner).
** Alice'sblackness Blackness is later revealed to have been based upon a historical misinterpretation. When accounts described her as dark skinned dark-skinned and from Africa Africa, they meant she was well tanned well-tanned and from Boer farmers who immigrated. She was still white White and considered as such.
** Alice is not very well off at the beginning, but [[BlackGalOnWhiteGuyDrama she gets married to Bob]], a wealthy
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** She still gets to do things that ''any'' woman at the time, let alone a black woman, would be unlikely to get to do, and she's still very sympathetic to the audience.
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** She still gets to do things that ''any'' woman at the time, let alone a black Black woman, would be unlikely to get to do, and she's still very sympathetic to the audience. audience.
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* '''Zig Zagged''': An alternate history mixes various levels. While gender roles are rigidly enforced more approrpiate to the 1800s than the 1980s transgender people are accepted regardless of their birth sex. The situation with homosexuality however is about the same still.
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* '''Zig Zagged''': '''Zig-Zagged''': An alternate history AlternateHistory mixes various levels. While gender roles are rigidly enforced more approrpiate appropriate to the 1800s than the 1980s transgender TheEighties, UsefulNotes/{{transgender}} people are accepted regardless of their birth sex. The situation with homosexuality however is homosexuality, however, remains about the same still.same.
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** [[MonochromeCasting The cast consists entirely of]] {{White Male Lead}}s.
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** [[MonochromeCasting The cast consists consists]] [[ChromosomeCasting entirely of]] {{White Male Lead}}s.
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** "Wow! This actress is so awesome, we ''have'' to cast her in this role! Sure, we meant that role to go to a white woman, but maybe the audience won't notice (or at least won't mind.)"
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** "Wow! This actress is so awesome, we ''have'' to cast her in this role! Sure, we meant that role to go to a white White woman, but maybe the audience won't notice (or at least won't mind.)"mind)."
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* '''Lampshaded''': A note flashes at the beginning noting that casting was done both colorblind and genderblind with minimal line changes resulting in the politically correct history - with bizarre implications.
* '''Invoked''': Alice finds herself in need of money to feed her family now that she's free. She has a real talent for sewing (in fact, that's what she did as a slave), so she finds a way to get the materials she needs and starts a lucrative dressmaking business. ''Everyone'' loves her dresses.
* '''Exploited''': Alice uses her place in society to advance civil rights.
* '''Deconstructed''':
** While everything seems peachy at first there but it becomes increasingly clear that something wrong is happening with the timeline. [[AnachronismStew A few anachronisms]] [[OrphanedEtymology and inconsistent names start slipping through]] such as referring to things as lynch mobs metaphorically despite that /never/ happening after the war. It turns out that there is a heavy degree of meddling to achieve this tolerant history and it may result in some very nasty side effects far worse than the cognitive dissonance.
** Alternatively it is shown just how extreme circumstances and efforts would be to force the Antebellum South to accept Alice in spite of the prejudices of the day and the damage caused by forcing it. Alice has to be a 'successful businesswoman' in the same sense as UsefulNotes/AlCapone. She may get treated with modern respect but it is only because everyone is so afraid of her.
* '''Defied''': People just aren't ready to accept Alice, so they don't buy her dresses... and Alice eventually loses her business and goes back to square one.
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* '''Invoked''': Alice finds herself in need of money to feed her family now that she's free. She has a real talent for sewing (in fact, that's what she did as a slave), so she finds a way to get the materials she needs and starts a lucrative dressmaking business. ''Everyone'' loves her dresses.
* '''Exploited''': Alice uses her place in society to advance civil rights.
* '''Deconstructed''':
** While everything seems peachy at first there but it becomes increasingly clear that something wrong is happening with the timeline. [[AnachronismStew A few anachronisms]] [[OrphanedEtymology and inconsistent names start slipping through]] such as referring to things as lynch mobs metaphorically despite that /never/ happening after the war. It turns out that there is a heavy degree of meddling to achieve this tolerant history and it may result in some very nasty side effects far worse than the cognitive dissonance.
** Alternatively it is shown just how extreme circumstances and efforts would be to force the Antebellum South to accept Alice in spite of the prejudices of the day and the damage caused by forcing it. Alice has to be a 'successful businesswoman' in the same sense as UsefulNotes/AlCapone. She may get treated with modern respect but it is only because everyone is so afraid of her.
* '''Defied''': People just aren't ready to accept Alice, so they don't buy her dresses... and Alice eventually loses her business and goes back to square one.
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* '''Conversed''': ???
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* '''Lampshaded''': A note flashes at the beginning noting that [[AbilityOverAppearance casting was done both colorblind and genderblind with minimal line changes changes]], resulting in the politically correct history - -- with bizarre implications.
* '''Invoked''': Alice finds herself in need of money to feed her family now that she's free. She has a real talent for sewing (in fact, that's what she did as a slave), so she finds a way to get the materials she needs and starts a lucrative dressmaking business. ''Everyone'' loves herdresses.
dresses.
* '''Exploited''': Alice uses her place in society to advance civilrights.
rights.
*'''Deconstructed''':
'''Deconstructed''':
** While everything seems peachy atfirst there but first, it becomes increasingly clear that something wrong is happening with the timeline. [[AnachronismStew A few anachronisms]] [[OrphanedEtymology and inconsistent names start slipping through]] such as referring to things as lynch mobs metaphorically despite that /never/ ''never'' happening after the war. It turns out that there is a heavy degree of considerable meddling to achieve this tolerant history and it may result in some very nasty side effects far worse than the cognitive dissonance.
**Alternatively Alternatively, it is shown just how extreme circumstances and efforts would be to force the Antebellum South to accept Alice in spite of despite the prejudices of the day and the damage caused by forcing it. Alice has to be a 'successful businesswoman' in the same sense as UsefulNotes/AlCapone. She may get treated with modern respect respect, but it is only because everyone is so afraid she scares the bejabbers out of her.
everyone.
* '''Defied''': People just aren't ready to accept Alice, so they don't buy herdresses... dresses ... and Alice eventually loses her business and goes back to square one.
one.
* '''Discussed''':???
Bob is a {{Time Travel}}ler from the future who has just met Alice, and they have this exchange:
-->'''Bob''': Alice, uhm, I'm glad to see how accomplished you are ... it's just that--
-->'''Alice''': You thought a Black lady like me wouldn't have had that opportunity?
-->'''Bob''': [[BluntYes ...Yes.]]
* '''Conversed''':???"I'm all for expanding opportunities for women and Black people, but you can't do that so easily in an historical movie without breaking my WillingSuspensionOfDisbelief."
* '''Invoked''': Alice finds herself in need of money to feed her family now that she's free. She has a real talent for sewing (in fact, that's what she did as a slave), so she finds a way to get the materials she needs and starts a lucrative dressmaking business. ''Everyone'' loves her
* '''Exploited''': Alice uses her place in society to advance civil
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* '''Defied''': People just aren't ready to accept Alice, so they don't buy her
* '''Discussed''':
-->'''Bob''': Alice, uhm, I'm glad to see how accomplished you are ... it's just that--
-->'''Alice''': You thought a Black lady like me wouldn't have had that opportunity?
-->'''Bob''': [[BluntYes ...Yes.]]
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'''Basic Trope''': A work story that takes place in a different time period has situations and character relations suited to the tastes of modern audiences.
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** The work depicts Alice as having lost ''everything'', even implying that she was (somewhat) [[HappinessInSlavery better off as a slave]].
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** The work is set in the modern days with the viewpoints of the past still unchanged [[DeliberateValuesDissonance with all of its flaws]]. Alice is still considered property in an otherwise modern 2017.
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** The work story is set in the modern days times, but with all the viewpoints social mores of the past still unchanged [[DeliberateValuesDissonance relatively ''unchanged'' ([[DeliberateValuesDissonance and with all of its flaws]]. flaws]]). Alice is still considered to be property in an otherwise modern 2017.modern-looking 21st century.
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** The work takes place in a setting is a WretchedHive. One of its very few upsides is that nobody gives a damn about who or what anyone is. Deserters, pirates, murderers, thieves, and traitors prowl the city and everyone knows it. Given the amount of 'bad people' nobody is likely to care about lesser issues like some excommunicated clergy marrying two men even if it would incite a riot in more 'respectable' cities. Besides [[BullyingADragon mocking a pirate captain over liking men is likely to get you stabbed.]]
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** The work story takes place in a setting is a WretchedHive.WretchedHive setting. One of its very few upsides is that nobody gives a damn about who or what anyone is. Deserters, pirates, murderers, thieves, and traitors prowl the city and everyone knows it. Given the amount of 'bad people' walking around, nobody is likely to care about lesser issues like some excommunicated clergy marrying two men men, even if it would incite a riot in more 'respectable' cities. Besides Besides, [[BullyingADragon mocking a pirate captain over liking his love for men is likely to get you stabbed.]]stabbed]].
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** Alice a black woman is married to a white man in a time and place where such a relationship would be illegal. Prejudice against such a relationship is only vaguely acknowledged when the couple receives glares and stares from strangers, but no actually says anything.
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** Alice is a black woman is who's dating or married to a white man in a time and place where such a relationship interracial relationships would be illegal. Prejudice against such a relationship is Anti-miscegenation sentiments are only vaguely acknowledged when the couple receives shocked glares and stares from strangers, but no nobody actually says anything.
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** Alice a black woman is married to a white man in a time and place where such a relationship would be illegal. Prejudice against such a relationship is only vaguely acknowledged when the couple receives glares and stares from strangers, but no actually says anything.
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** Some subtle hints that Alice might be [[AmbiguouslyGay a lesbian]] or [[BiTheWay bisexual]] are dropped.
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** Some subtle hints that Alice might be [[AmbiguouslyGay a lesbian]] or [[BiTheWay [[AmbiguouslyBi bisexual]] are dropped.
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** Alice is revealed to have been real
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** Alternatively it is shown just how extreme circumstances and efforts would be to force the Antebellum South to accept Alice in spite of the prejudices of the day and the damage caused by forcing it. Alice has to be a 'successful businesswoman' in the same sense as AlCapone. She may get treated with modern respect but it is only because everyone is so afraid of her.
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** Alternatively it is shown just how extreme circumstances and efforts would be to force the Antebellum South to accept Alice in spite of the prejudices of the day and the damage caused by forcing it. Alice has to be a 'successful businesswoman' in the same sense as AlCapone.UsefulNotes/AlCapone. She may get treated with modern respect but it is only because everyone is so afraid of her.