That's dumb as hell. It just won't seem like the same character.

I'm not giving money to anything that pushes this kind of far-left extremist nonsense. If you don't think there are enough minority women on TV, well then make shows that have more of them. Don't change existing things. Guess I won't be watching this.

The only thing that might work is a half asian half white actress. Someone like Shannon Lee (Bruce Lee's daughter) was mixed race but looked more or less white. But of course then that would annoy the diversity police cos they'd just consider them white.

Exactly. They could've just inserted a new black character into the story and most people wouldn't have cared. Changing an existing one is insulting and will make it feel heavily disconnected from the source material (which is the only reason it's popular)

What you mean by this? 

The video games aren't technically cannon, the series is originally books. And Ciri is white with pale skin and white hair. Her looks are important somewhat to her identity, and there is no reason they shouldn't stay true to the source material. This is just some fucked up bullshit from SJW's. I am losing all hope this is staying cannon and true to the Witcher since they are being PC with the cast. The Witcher in is essence deals with a lot of racial and social issues in a very interesting say since it incorporates fantasy, magic, monsters and many other sentient beings, like vampires and elf's. But if they want the cast to be PC then the script and writing will surely follow suit. 

I agree, this literally ruins cannon because the lineage in the Witcher is extremely important. And just making a character black will change the cannon of the game dramatically. The lore, world and continent of the Witcher will be changed, or won't be as detailed. 

However if I remember correctly in the books Citi isn't the daughter of emhyr in the books. But still the same issue stands

Kinda discriminatory to exclude white actresses from the casting-process, especially when the character is supposed to be white

Just a reminder that if skin tone/race isn't a factor in your fantasy story that it doesn't matter who you cast for which role.
Usually, and this is the case for The Witcher as well, fictional races overrule real-life one.
If Ciri were to be an elf, or a dwarf, or a troll, it would matter a great deal more to the story than whoever is cast to play her.
We're just used to making problems up about this, because it's still unusual for a role seen as "white" to go to a minority person; however in most fiction, it doesn't make a difference.

When you start casting, to avoid bias you preemptively decide some roles to assign to BAME actors.
This prevents:
a) roles going to white people by default (which is what normally happens due to star power, more likely better agent influence, casters own biases etc.)
b) here, that you cast someone good at cosplaying Ciri rather than playing her

I'm not following extensively what's been going on with the show, is there any backlash about Henry Cavill?

I was expecting for Netflix to use some serious cash and get either of these two:

Mads Mikkelsen

or

Nikolaj Coster-Waldau

Yeah, I know Henry's a fan and loves Witcher - he seems like a nice guy, I just don't think he's a good fit, either when it comes to looks or his acting skills - well, hopefully, at least makeup can do the trick with former...

i dont sub to netflix anyways. wouldnt watch it anyways, so meh they can be racist about whatever. it should be CG anyways.