Update: Latest rumor shows casting for a white Ciri | Original: Netflix looking for non-white actress to play Ciri in the Witcher tv series

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shikamaru317 said:

I really don't like this "wait and see" approach. If we wait, it is too late to fix it, once they announce who they cast the chances of them changing their minds and re-casting are negligible, and the show we will have been heavily anticipating for years will have been ruined. By letting the showrunner know now that we are unhappy, not only with this casting call, but also with the fact that she lied when she said she wouldn't change the race of characters, there is a chance that she will change her mind and at least open up the casting call to white girls so that they can audition too. Sure, if we take a wait and see approach things could potentially turn out fine, they could cast a half-white, half asian girl for instance who is just as pale as any full white girl would be, who would still look perfect for the role once the make-up department gives her a white wig, some green tinted contact lenses, and some heavy black eye make-up, but we could just as easily get a black girl or a darker skinned arabic girl who simply wouldn't look like the Ciri that most fans see in their minds eye no matter how hard the make-up department tries. It's any true fan's responsibility to let Netflix and Lauren know that she needs to stay true to her word and not change established characters' races, and instead create new characters within lore established dark skinned races like Zerrikanians in order to bring some diversity to the cast.

You really don't understand human nature at all, do you? The more the whiny fans who hate the idea of white roles being 'taken away' complain, the more the production company and the showrunners will dig their heels in just as a matter of principle. If they budge and go with a white actress now, then there will be controversy over 'the racists winning' (Just my conjecture, that would almost certainly be the narrative whether it's true or not.) But if they stick to their guns, then the vocal minority will once again just have an excuse to be hateful and spiteful and whiny. 

Again, we don't know if the reason for this was thematic, based on story, or meant as a sort of new way to tell the same story. We don't know and really shouldn't assume that their intentions were just to make more money by doing a diversity hire or as some 'sjw agenda'. And honestly, anyone who says something along the lines of 'the sjw agenda' as some sort of way to devaluing artistic or commercial decisions automatically loses all my respect (not that they care about what I think anyway). If you object to the idea of being more inclusive and are using the status quo to justify it, then you're not a good person. Simple as that. 

Whine about me being on my high horse all you want, history will prove me right. If you object to minorities getting roles or more diversity in the workplace regardless of what workplace it is based solely on some misguided adherence to tradition in lieu of the very real changes society has gone through over the past decades, you are exactly the kind of person that's holding back progress. 

And if you use 'sjw' as a pejorative in this context, then you lose all credibility.