“If you have to have someone who looks like you in the media in order for you to relate then maybe you’re the one who’s racist”
“children don’t see/care about race”
“Color doesn’t matter! It’s about the actor/story!”
“there are bigger issues to talk about than representation”
“they whitewashed because they need to make a profit and attract their target audience”
“historical accuracy”
“It’s a European fairytale/story so of course the characters will be white!“
(Because it’s not like the setting could change and adapt to the story)
“whitewashing isn’t real”
“they considered and picked the best actor for the job”
(The best actor? More like the best we can do at this time.)
(It’s not the best actor when you exclude a racially ambiguous role to one race.)
“why do we need minorities in European stories!? they wouldn’t do a story about Africa with white actors!”
“Maybe they didn’t cast an actor of color because they didn’t auditioned!”
“why do we need minorities in settings that don’t make sense!? you don’t see white people being placed in stories and setting with a non-white majority!”
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