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[–] bassomitron@lemmy.world 32 points 6 days ago (15 children)

Personally, I think the lack of outrage is because the people who get outraged by black people being cast for roles that were previously white characters, aren't concerned when it's white people being cast no matter the source material.

[–] AVincentInSpace@pawb.social 32 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (13 children)

"Personally, I just want to chalk this up to racism so I can be upset about it"

[–] bassomitron@lemmy.world 25 points 6 days ago (4 children)

Name one outrage among conservatives in the US when a white person was cast for a role that was any other ethnicity in the source material. Sure, it happens on the Left, Netflix is especially accused of white washing (recent example: Three Body Problem). But, conservatives don't give a shit when it happens the other way around.

Regardless, I truly couldn't give a shit who gets cast for what regardless of source material. If the actor/actress is able to play the part well, I come for entertainment and couldn't care less.

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