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When did it become unacceptable for white actors to play characters of different races (e.g, black face, yellow face, etc)? (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 days ago by thewanderingbackpack@lemmy.world to c/askhistorians@lemmy.world

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[–] klu9@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 days ago

Unacceptable to who? (Or "unacceptable to whom?" if you're even more pedantic than... I.)

Here's a clip from a three-decade old movie showing a clip from a movie that was itself already three-decades old.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lbiymQJsC8M

(Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story, Bruce Lee's reaction as he and Linda watch Breakfast at Tiffany's.)

It was pretty shitty behaviour then and now. The change is just whether people not directly targeted by it realized it, or faced consequences for it.