Tag: whitewashing

No Whitewashing Here. A Chat With Chipo Chung, AD: The Bible Continues’ Mary Magdalene

Click here to read at Jezebel.com.

This Chinese-Zimbabwean actress has appeared on Doctor Who and Sherlock, and is excited to be playing Mary Magdalene, who some call the 13th Apostle….

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African actress Chipo Chung as Mary Magdalene in “A.D.: The Bible Continues”

Fans Worry Disney Will Whitewash ‘Mulan’

Fan petition already has 35,000 signatures

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Whitewashing of Characters in Books Negatively Impacted Black Readers Seeking Alternatives

Read Yanique Dawkins’ reflections in Atlanta Blackstar’s column “b.l.e.r.d.s.”

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‘Ghost in the Shell’: Scarlett Johansson casting called ‘whitewashing’

A Blow to Diversity

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Ghost in the Shell Movie: Why Casting Scarlett Johansson is Wrong

White People Talk Awkwardly About Diversity in Casting!

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Ghost in the Shell Casting Shows We Need More Than White Feminism

Hollywood has a bad problem with casting women who aren’t white

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Johansson: ‘Not a good fit’ for Motoko Kusanagi

Someone like Rinko Kikuchi comes to mind…

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People Unhappy About These Whitewashed Annie Ads

Read all about it at Refinery29.com.

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PHOTO: Courtesy of Target.

George Takei Against White-Washing Akira

Following all-white casting of Exodus: Gods and Kings

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‘Exodus: Gods and Kings’: Dumb Quotes & Whitewashed Casting

It started, of course, as a meme

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