The hit Television show, The Fosters, is a family drama based show about a family, two moms Lena Adams, and Stef Foster, and their five children. The show introduces us to all five children, one being biological from Stef’s previous relationship, two adopted Hispanic twins, and two foster children as well. Their family diverse and tight knit, we see Callie as the main character who is taken in by both by the Fosters. Throughout the series we see the Fosters go through many heartbreaks, trauma, and also things like racism and sexual assault.
The cast of The Fosters is diverse in itself, with LGBTQ+ characters as well as many characters of color, all of those of which are the main characters in the show. When Callie first joins the family, this was the start of it all. The show like mentioned earlier, talks about many serious topics. For example, near the end of the show one of one of Callie’s friends, Ximena, is an immigrant who is under DACA while at a protest, and Ximena is being searched for by the police, she then seeks help from a
church. This is one of the many situations many go through in real life every day that The Fosters conveys in the show. Many systematic injustices are portrayed throughout the fosters, and things like protests are shown as well to show that there should be change in our system the one Callie and Ximena were at, and how action must be taken place. In the show we can see those as the Other, like Ximena, as well as many in the show, who have been seen as the Other by people like the police. The Fosters shows a family who undergoes challenges and faces them together, becoming a favorite by many because of the representation in the show.