This is tantamount to blackface.

when did the jews hatch conspiracy exactly?

Yes, the Jews want to replace us white people with non-white people like Jack Benny, Leslie Howard, and William Shatner.

It's not the Jews. The Jews themselves are being replaced by the woke cult, Hollywood for the most part was run by white Jewish men. This is unacceptable to the Wokerati and so they are trying to erase their history and their contribution to film.

Yes, it's ludicrous to darken the skin of an established white character as if that brings "diversity". It's all about skin color, not substance. Racist nonsense. Just add a new black or Asian character. This really is "blackface" of the worst sort.

I believe the reason might be because they want to rub their double standard "in our faces". In other words, we know the wokists scream when accusing white people of even the slightest "cultural appropriation". But here, in a blatant example of cultural appropriation, they knowingly do what they tell white people they cannot do.

In other words, modern leftists seem to want to exercise power in a corrupt and hypocritical way because they know they can get away with it. This is why leftism is so toxic and harmful and must be opposed at all times.

Because for all their anti-racist bullshit, the Wokerati are themselves the most racist fuсkеrѕ of all. For them, race is paramount. Everyone is reduced to their race. And they have contempt for white people, especially straight white cis heterosexual men.

I agree. A new show would've been better. One show that stands out to me as having done something similar was Static Shock. They had a black main character superhero and he was cool AF. A recognizable name shouldn't be what sells a show.

As other people have suggested, the modern idea of replacing white characters with black characters is more likely a ploy to generate press. Just look. "Velma," has been at the top of moviechat for days. People arguing about the decision only help spread the word.

Whoever made this decision at the studio should be fired. Any person of color will tell you, it's very offensive to claim that all they are is dark skin.

The overt racism is offensive. Sorry, you put on blackface in a minstrel show and how are we to ignore that?

You make a good point. I'd just say Velma is different because it's a rather specific character.

Cinderella and Santa Claus are sort of mythological beings at this point. Even when I was kid in the Mesozoic Age, there were black Santas at the mall. No one objected to this.

But isn't the left against blackface?