For me I think the actual racism is a bit more subtle than how many actors of a certain race get work. I mean, that's part of it to be sure, but if the historical drama genre was adapting stories from all over the world then there would surely be work for every actor, but instead we're stuck adapting and readapting stories from the same handful of colonizers and their grandparents.
Casting a black person in a white role is fine, but what we need is more black roles.
That’s my overall point. We need more roles that expand upon other cultures and races, etc. I feel that changing the race of historical people as characters on a show has some sort of propagandizing effect, how it does or even if it does I couldn’t tell you.
I agree with you. I just think we won’t get anything like that until Hollywood is destroyed in a sense. Everything else now will be liberal empty of substance reboots and shit. Idk though.
For me I think the actual racism is a bit more subtle than how many actors of a certain race get work. I mean, that's part of it to be sure, but if the historical drama genre was adapting stories from all over the world then there would surely be work for every actor, but instead we're stuck adapting and readapting stories from the same handful of colonizers and their grandparents.
Casting a black person in a white role is fine, but what we need is more black roles.
That’s my overall point. We need more roles that expand upon other cultures and races, etc. I feel that changing the race of historical people as characters on a show has some sort of propagandizing effect, how it does or even if it does I couldn’t tell you.
I agree with you. I just think we won’t get anything like that until Hollywood is destroyed in a sense. Everything else now will be liberal empty of substance reboots and shit. Idk though.