Don't really think the show's fans think the original historic players were black or brown. It just felt like they were pushing the character race swap business just to give white supremacy the air and be woke. I guess I'm old but I liked 1776, the musical way better and it had a most powerful message against slavery in one of its songs.

Most of the Gen Zers don't know history to begin with. I had a 20-something tell me that slavery was still around in the south until the 1965 Civil Rights Act came into play. Knew nothing about the Civil War and Lincoln. Got the 2 mixed up. It was cringe. Sheesh.