City of Ghosts
tv·TV-Y7·Mar 5, 2021
City of Ghosts scores 8/10 woke by centering identity politics, gentrification, and cultural erasure as the core of its ghost interviews with kids—including a non-binary lead using they/them pronouns. Skip it if you want neutral stories instead of progressive messaging.
City of Ghosts follows children who interview ghosts to reveal Los Angeles' multicultural histories, spotlighting specific communities such as the Indigenous Tongva, Oaxacan, Black musical traditions in Leimert Park, and Japanese heritage in Boyle Heights while confronting gentrification, historical erasure, and cultural appropriation.
The series deliberately centers progressive themes of representation and identity, including a non-binary main character using they/them pronouns, as a rebuttal to "whitewashed" narratives and a vehicle for highlighting neighborhoods of color. These elements are foundational to its mockumentary format and emotional storytelling aimed at young viewers. The show's content profile earns an overall woke score of 8/10 by making identity-based cultural narratives and systemic social issues the core drivers rather than neutral entertainment or history.
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We've run a full content analysis on City of Ghosts and scored it 8/10 on the woke scale. Read our detailed breakdown above to see exactly what we found.
Our analysis checks for themes like identity politics, race-swapping, gender ideology, environmental activism, anti-religious messaging, and other progressive agenda elements. The score breakdown above shows which specific categories were flagged and how heavily they factor into City of Ghosts's overall score.
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