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Why always black race swapping?


Seriously, there are numerous ethnicities out there but the swapping mostly relies on poc. Would love to see a Filipino or Peruvian Queen Charlotte.

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Takeru Satoh could have made a fantastic Elvis, but they never even looked at Asian actors for the recent Elvis movie, I believe. Plenty of charisma, which is most important when playing a great entertainer.

There's a deeply rooted belief in the West that white actors are the best choice for white characters. There's been some progress recently overcoming this racist assumption, but we've got a long way to go.

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It would be funnier watching their heads explode over a white Black Panther or a white Princess Tiana. It would then lay bare their hypocrisy when it comes to the question, "Why does their race matter?"

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Martin Luther King should be played by a trannie Asian.

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