Here's my headcanon:
The romcom that the MC watches with Maria, Ashley and Hana was actually "supposed" to be a commentary about the cultural treatment of elves but the writers/directors were forced to take the political commentary out of the script by the executives in order to avoid public outrage.
After all, it's a pretty known idea that (in general) artists and entertainers as a whole tend to often be much more progressive than their time. Like gay people in media during the 80s and 90s. Sure, the portrayal of gay people back then may be offensive and stereotypical from our modern perspective but just the fact that most writers and authors included them at all and didn't portray their sexuality as inherently bad was still a very positive thing at the time.
I think the same applies to this world... The authors, writers, comedians and artists are the ones who will be the MOST likely to support Elvish liberation!