Soundwave said:
Slimebeast said:
Soundwave said:
Slimebeast said:
Soundwave said:
Look at all the diversity here, no problems here ...
And lol no Arab actor is getting cast in anything major unless he's playing a terrorist.
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lol I bet someone made that table to show how unfair the casting was between whites and minorities.
"Egyptian thief" and "Egyptian lower class civilian", I lol'd so hard.
(obviously that table is cherry picked and doesn't represent Hollywood movies in general)
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Having a "token black person" in a movie isn't exactly the massive accomplishment you think it is.
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I didn't claim it was. Usually he is there just to fulfill the demand and nothing more. Filmmakers put him there so they can deflect accusations of excluding minority groups, or when they believe that one token black guy will be just enough to make minorities feel more included.
The truth is that black people are overrepresented in TV series and movies. You can discuss the value of their roles, but in raw numbers they make up more than the 13% they make up of the US population.
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I actually don't think they over-represented in TV/movies at all. It's more like 90-95% white actors and 5-10% everyone else, so that does not line up with demographics at all. Latinos get screwed in particular. Asians barely registers, Indians only show up as taxi drivers. Anyone Arab is a terrorist or involved in a story centering around terrorism.
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Wrong. I can't find the study now but there was one and it showed that black people were over represented in movies. They definitely are on TV.
