Bridgerton Season 4 Part 1: A Review of East Asian-Anglo Societal and Psychological Themes
Bridgerton Season 4 centers on Sophie Baek, who is an East Asian woman who is also a domestic servant. This archetype is loaded with history and discrimination. It is also insidious and invisible. Invisibility is racially internalized, and the individual ceases to see themselves in the full spectrum of humanhood because their East Asian appearance and societal identity.
The Frost before the Buds of Growth
This is the original maze. The incarnational maze. We all get set up with these trick mirrors that bring illusions and the side doors that lead us for another detour. My maze was believing that all I could ever be, all I could ever hope for, was to be accepted amongst my Asian family and community. Wandering in the maze, I was willing to give up my body, my soul, and my dreams to feel what I thought was ‘Love’.