100 episodes of Once Upon a Time’s People of Color
Main Cast. Original villain.
1 episode: Died with seconds of screen time. No name. Murdered by a white character.
11 epsiodes: Given the only unrequited love story on the show so far. Bisexual but still hasn’t used a gendered pronoun to confirm that on screen.
4 episodes: Current fate unknown, at one point thought to have been killed and replaced by a white woman.
5 episodes, most with one or two lines: Died. Murdered by a white character.
1 episode: No name. Died.
7 episodes: Evil. Died. Murdered by a white character.
1 episode: Story entirely to further a white male character.
9 episodes: Died. Literally replaced by the white character who murdered her.
13 episodes: Insane. Evil. Enslaved as a genie.
1 episode.
6 episodes: “Evil”. First of the Queens of Darkness to leave.
8 episodes: Alive apparently…. but enslaved/forced to remain in a marriage to a white man.
5 episodes: Apparently dead and murdered by a white man. Enslaved briefly by another white man.
[Not pictured – Nimue]
2 episodes: Died. Evil.
BONUS:
Recast as with a white actress.
Trend: #OnceUponARacefail on Sunday, November 28th at 7PM EST before the new episode of Once Upon a Time.
100 episodes of Once Upon a Time’s People of Color
Main Cast. Original villain.
1 episode: Died with seconds of screen time. No name. Murdered by a white character.
11 epsiodes: Given the only unrequited love story on the show so far. Bisexual but still hasn’t used a gendered pronoun to confirm that on screen.
4 episodes: Current fate unknown, at one point thought to have been killed and replaced by a white woman.
5 episodes, most with one or two lines: Died. Murdered by a white character.
1 episode: No name. Died.
7 episodes: Evil. Died. Murdered by a white character.
1 episode: Story entirely to further a white male character.
9 episodes: Died. Literally replaced by the white character who murdered her.
13 episodes: Insane. Evil. Enslaved as a genie.
1 episode.
6 episodes: “Evil”. First of the Queens of Darkness to leave.
8 episodes: Alive apparently…. but enslaved/forced to remain in a marriage to a white man.
5 episodes: Apparently dead and murdered by a white man. Enslaved briefly by another white man.
[Not pictured – Nimue]
2 episodes: Died. Evil.
BONUS:
Recast as with a white actress.
Trend: #OnceUponARacefail on Sunday, November 28th at 7PM EST before the new episode of Once Upon a Time.