The racism in House of the Dragon is far too overlooked
The Velaryons are black, which I would have no problem with, apart from the fact that they diminished their roles significantly and used laena and laenor as no more than plot devices when they are also people on their own right.
Criston Cole is made dornish, which would have been so interesting to explore, but no one takes into account the racism he faces, especially in a time when 'dornishman's courage' is a common insult.
Gwayne Hightower acts explicitly racist and classist towards Criston, and looks down on him for his birth. Instead of being treated as an instance of discrimination, it is made into a joke.
They played the 'disposable black girlfriend' trope with laena.
Baela and Rhaena are only there to make Rhaenyra look better, they don't get the same development they had in the books.
Nettles, one of the only canonically black characters in ASOIAF is removed, just so they don't have to present Rhaenyra as racist. They removed an incredibly important and interesting character, and yet again push women of colour to the side in favour of glorifying white women.
Mysaria is given a thick foreign accent and portrayed as some sort of exotic beauty.
