| DonFerrari said: Sorry man, but romania, pakistan, nigeria, japan, argentina, etc aren't american culture. And Yes there are always people demanding changes in American Culture to be more inclusive. And no didn't say America is white and white is America, even more when I said to you that "white" is not even a thing, as much as black or asian. It is a racist way of denying all differences in culture and ethinicity and reduce it to skin color. But I see that you accepted that whitewashing is something people complain and are met with appraisal, but for some reason when it is the opposite it is also good because it's progressive, it is a double standard BS to defend anything you want and deem it good. Funny you mention of the NY Man, because when we see USA and all the ghettos and resistance to adapt to local culture, keeping the culture from the country they are from is exactly what keeps the notion that they aren't America. India being an ex part of the British Empire I would bet with you they have a lot of white folks that talk the local language. And again as I said, even if they don't speak they can be dubbed. No Witcher is from where it is, being shooted by Netflix doesn't make it an American Cultura product, much as BJJ being used by and American fighter doesn't make it not Brazilian. Part 2:Because unless they can explain that they have a different way of heritage than DNA, and how you transfer a lot of information through heritage, but skin color is something totally irrelevant that no one even notice and there are a lot of black people (or any other non pale white) son or daughter of pale white people you will just making the "well she could be black because of reasons, DNA doesn't exist". Suspension of disbelief, fictional freedom and all else needs to at least pass the coherence and verosimilitude aspect to be acceptable to the viewer. Part 3: Guess you should read more of his posts. The heritage of the char is of paramount importance to the book, and the relatives are royalty of white skinned people so she being non-white would be a break on what is in the core of the story. |
Part 1:
You don't really seem to have understood what I said. Japan isn't American culture, but what about a Third Generation Japanese American, who speaks no Japanese, and has never been to Japan and considers himself a Wisconsin-er through and through? When I say "hey, how about you give this American guy some roles" and you respond with "Stop trying to interject foreign culture into American cultural products", there is a disconnect there. That man is as American as you or I.
" It is a racist way of denying all differences in culture and ethinicity and reduce it to skin color."
Thats kind of my point. You can't just point to a person with dark skin and say "They are culturally African, not American" because that is denying their experience and reducing it down to skin color.
"I see that you accepted that whitewashing is something people complain and are met with appraisal, but for some reason when it is the opposite it is also good because it's progressive, it is a double standard BS to defend anything you want and deem it good."
I've made my perspective on "whitewashing" clear from the start. I don't care if you change a characters race, no matter how it is changed (unless their specific race is fundamentally important within the narrative). What I do care about is when there is an underserved population of actors who are being discriminated against. No matter what you say about one or two roles here or there, you cannot make the argument that white actors are underserved in American cinema. The same can't be said about many other minority groups.
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Again, I don't believe you understand what I am saying. There is no reason to bring up DNA here. I am not arguing that she should be a black daughter of white parents. Read my posts again if you don't get it.
Part 3:
Yeah, but why? Why do they have to be white skinned?
