I think the idea with these representations is, if say British or American film/theater does historical works, they will basically always be working with a white cast. The cumulative effect is there ends up being a lot more work for white actors than for POC actors, so it's almost more of a workers rights issue than anything else.
That said, I agree with another comment here that when there is casting like this, it means the character essentially has to "pretend" they are interacting with a white person and not a POC, which brings up other issues.
I mean at some point it is unironically liberal Hollywood that prevents things like emancipatory or liberating revolutionary movies. Anything with class consciousness isn’t going to go either. They have ties to elites, the ruling class, they’re bourgeoisie, have offices in the pentagon and state department and vice versa.
I mean it just goes to show that it is one of the institutions of the state that is complicit in capitalist white supremacy and as such it will need to be destroyed.
I think the idea with these representations is, if say British or American film/theater does historical works, they will basically always be working with a white cast. The cumulative effect is there ends up being a lot more work for white actors than for POC actors, so it's almost more of a workers rights issue than anything else.
That said, I agree with another comment here that when there is casting like this, it means the character essentially has to "pretend" they are interacting with a white person and not a POC, which brings up other issues.
I mean at some point it is unironically liberal Hollywood that prevents things like emancipatory or liberating revolutionary movies. Anything with class consciousness isn’t going to go either. They have ties to elites, the ruling class, they’re bourgeoisie, have offices in the pentagon and state department and vice versa.
I mean it just goes to show that it is one of the institutions of the state that is complicit in capitalist white supremacy and as such it will need to be destroyed.