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Very biased article. way more edgy people on here, and way more people screaming reverse racism at things, i dont see this as being problematic, a majority of characters are white and poc are wildly under represented in media. And they exist even now. But When A Black Person Does It,. And you can be both Japanese and black. (sorry if this was badly written, I'm bad at expressing what I'm thinking into words lol), tumblr will love you! in my opinion making characters black is way different than whitewashing, its not making the character better just different, meanwhile white washing has a load od racist connotations. I feel like some sort of tragedy must happen, like in movies like The Hate U Give, and 12 Years a Slave., Dee says, In general, I dont think the representation we have now is the best it could be, especially when we talk about the serious lack of dark skin women, ESPECIALLY Black women in shows and movies.. But I also really love drawing black characters. Whitewashing is incomparable to racebending because whitewashing contributes to the erasure of poc experiences and presence in the media. Execs are on social media and they know whats out there and sadly adding POC to media to them is like a marketing decision or something, not just adding them cause their people. That's normal, 'cause not everyone needs to like youe original art. Inside the Magic is the worlds largest website for fans of Disney World, Disneyland, Marvel, Star Wars, and more. Its also been confirmed that Abrams Coates Black Superman is replacing the version played by Christopher Reeve in the Richard Donner movies: Sources tell THR that Coates is crafting a Kal-El in the vein of the original Superman comics and will have the protagonist hail from Krypton and come to Earth. Or Nezuko or Senku drawn as black characters instead. Theoretically, there could be people from all over the world coming there. whitewashing. In a 1951 letter to a potential editor, Milton Waldman, Tolkien stated that he had intended to dedicate his work to England, but in the same letter also wrote that he wanted to leave space for other minds and hands to contribute to his mythology. That is, if What a pleasant surprise. But if a Character was originally White, They should Stay White, If a Character was originally Japanese, they should stay Japanese, if they were originally black, they should Stay Black, No questions asked. Seriously! I have nothing against any race. And we can't be afraid of the extra work it takes to gather new audiences," tweeted Nnedi Okorafor on May 22. Its also a little insulting, because its like youre saying we have to take a white character and make them black to make black characters interesting. I think its unfair, Dee when I asked her about the movie, and Johanssons role. Blackwashing, or racebending, is the act of taking an originally white character and making them black, or a person of color. do invent new characters with attributes you desire, This is the essence of fanart, and there's a lot like you out there. Sorry I meant Help to fight racism not help it. also part of our history. Jews will attempt to laugh off your concerns over being erased from your own culture as "White fragility" and paranoid insecurity. I believe it's best if we can show that characters that are typically played by white actors can perform just as well if they are being played by black actors like Noma Dumezweni being cast as Hermione Granger in Harry Potter: The Cursed Child play or Idris Elba playing bond (Still holding out on hope). I cant help but feel that a characters personality, habits, and history, among other things, should come first when picking a character to relate to, let alone when picking them as your favorite. Hun youre comparing editing real people to editing fictional characters very much not the same. But putting on an all-black production is not really the same as taking one central character like Bond, like Superman, like Ariel and recasting them as a different race; the passage of time gives these sudden race adjustments the feeling of you cant be white anymore because diversity and thats my problem with it. The point made, is that there are no black characters in that Nintendo franchise. Nor do I like the idea of a female James Bond! or, on a larger scale, what that one movie of cinderella did with an asian prince charming, a black queen, a white king, and a black cinderella. Note: Only a member of this blog may post a comment. I object to both whitewashing and blackwashing and sorry, yes, blackwashing IS a thing, just as whitewashing has been wherein a character created painstakingly by an author (and whom I connected with and grew to love) is casually changed for the movie or series for the sake of scoring diversity points. I don't mean to offend you. Imagine if all of the sudden people decide that blacks arent represented in the arts enough, and someone decides that painting Mona Lisa black is the way to satisfy that need. Adaptations are original cultural products that can imitate, question, rewrite or interpret source material in various ways. My parents are always telling me, since I mainly draw anime fan art, that I should draw more people that look like me. Shaft is and always will be a black BAMF! During the colonial era they committed horrible atrocities against people of I know that no one wants to be a villain nor be lynched by a group of idiots who think of themselves as the saviours of media, but these people are braindead and don't even know what are they fighting for. I just like putting a creative twist on something. Said the main character should still be a Black Woman, No Matter what. Dance and party? And it WILL bite us in the backside down the line. people earlier as portrayed in the cartoon? why are most of the black characters from central Africa and not northern I feel like some sort of tragedy must happen, like in movies like , An good example of people being upset over a previously white character, is the backlash over Halle Bailey playing Ariel in an upcoming revamp . Well, thats how it feels when I see these black actors being cast in roles that were written for white people. But there are many different kinds of slavery. Proper We dont know if The Major is Japanese So white becomes the default? but thats only my perspective as a white person, im sure someone could give you a better explanation. I feel like often times, when there is good POC representation happening, it can never just be them chilling. It's, Alternatives Selective application of rules and morals only creates resentment and a backlash against the people doing this, as well as the wider group that supports them. Many shows and movies have a lack in representation for all kinds of peopleMelanated people, people with disabilities, people of different shapes and sizes. tables and make justice by "blackwashing"? Racebending was coined as a term of protest in 2009 as a response to the casting decisions for the live-action film adaptation of the television series Avatar: The Last Airbender. But as disgruntled fans might reason, if Amazon must have a diverse cast in this drama, why not stick to having actors of colour playing the characters who are dark-skinned in Tolkiens texts? When I read that bio I was like "oh shit, here it comes", but she's actually 100% . When it comes to representation, Black people dont get too see characters that portray them, and in anime, they can find lots of toxic representations. she was a black character and people whitewashed her and people got mad. That's crazy. Additionally, a 500 Internal Server Error This is where I am confused. Whitewashing is racist, but blackwashing is an act of anti-racism. The results show that blackwashing is a stepping-stone to quality Black representation in the Hollywood film industry. And, the Hate U Give is a powerful film that deals with systemic racism, police brutality towards blacksissues that stem from the American slaving mentality. Please contact the server administrator at By the time of colonialism they would've long become a mixed race. Blackwashing, or racebending, is the act of taking an originally white character and making them black, or a person of color. However, I am conflicted with what you are saying, or what you are trying to prove. We so often see white people as having no ethnicity, no cultural origin stories worth protecting; so we think, why not deploy blackwash on a show depicted in historic England, like Bridgerton. I just wanted to toy around with "black" hairstyles, features, and skin tones. As adaptation theory scholar Linda Hutcheon has shown, adaptations offer the pleasure of repetition with variation. a horrible and extremely racist idea: Because blackwashing means. And afterall, if other black girls see themselves in anime heroines, that's be great as well! The Huffington Post's position reflects that of the mainstream media at large, whereby persons of color being cast in white roles is to be applauded, whereas whites [] Seeing a character that looks like me in a show or video game thats not a negative stereotype, and thats not stricken with tragedy is a blessing, honestly. Can you really be color blind if youre constantly noticing that a character is white and then stripping that character of its whiteness as though it were a mistake to begin with? Similarly Johnny Storm of the Fantastic Four comic book series is a member of a heretofore white family system (husband, wife, her brother, and husbands best friend) but now for some reason has become the black brother of the white wife why? Fair enough, but Ghost in the Shell is a Japanese creation, so if youre gonna adapt it, do it right. I completely agree with you when you say that skin color does not matter. Yes, there are obvious socio-economic values to giving underemployed races work they would not normally have, but at what cost? I absolutely hate the idea of Idris Elba becoming the next James Bond! If you think it's okay and it's right to blackwash then you're a racist piece of shit! And the problem with whitewashing is that it takes away representation from people who dont see themselves on the screens, in videos, in books and comics. All negative stereotypes do damage. I'm also into storytelling and creating my own OC's (who look like me--black!). I absolutely love anime and appreciate Japanese culture. Whitewashing is an old phenomenon and it still exists. I posted this video a few weeks ago discussing the reaction people have to Zazie Beetz's casting as Domino in Deadpool 2. Without any physical indication of race, Isaiah and his peer were both able to connect with the character, even though they disagreed on something irrelevant to the nature of the show. This phrase was introduced by his biographer, Humphrey Carpenter. Well, I'm afraid that it's I'm a black person and, while I don't like blackwashed fanart, I don't give a shit about its existence. Racism is a the people who are saying youre problematic are just upset because they dont want to see a character they like as anything other than white. Related:Hes Not King Dwarf, Other Actors Blast Peter Dinklages Snow White Backlash. INDEPENDENTSTUDY was about to write down my own criticism of the blackwashing at BBC I But if that is the Case Then that means We Need to Put more People of colour into Media, Not By Changing Pre-Existing Characters, but by making new Ones. Personally I think the whole thing is divisive and we need to be more faithful to the source and start to write brilliant new roles that reflect the now, not attempt to change the past. One might At Disney World, you'll find Jen hiding out in a doom buggy with her foolish mortals at Haunted Mansion or saving the galaxy with the Guardians on Cosmic Rewind. And we cant be afraid of the extra work it takes to gather new audiences, tweeted Nnedi Okorafor on May 22. Yes, there were And then theres the entire point of her character. I find the above statement quite wrong as you are trying to point out that its ok if a character is played by a person of color while being a person of color yourself (i think) is laughable. A place for artists from redditgetsdrawn, sketchdaily, and other art-related subs to come together and discuss all non-business things related to art, including technique, art crit, media, culture, art history, etc. I don't even have a headcanon. They only attack anything they think can be bad, with no basis nor proof. Maybe it was my own insecurities that convinced me to second-guess myself. Their feelings are that Ariel isn't just meant to have red hair . Essentially it's the "black people can't be racist . I asked their opinions on people of color, and the representation they have in media, to which they said, There isnt nearly enough of it. I don't draw fanart that much nowadays, so you can also save the pearl clutches. The enslavement of coloured people by white people, however, was especially racist and Europe and the US, in a way, still profit from it. But judging the casting based on skin colour and claiming Middle-earth as exclusively white is not just misguided, it clearly exposes what researcher Helen Young has called fantasys habits of whiteness. Any new adaptation of such a beloved fantasy world as Tolkiens is bound to disappoint some of the more purist fans, but adaptations are products of their times and a re-envisioning of the original material they are based on. We dont know if The Major is Japanese. The assumption is that shes Japanese because its a manga and set in Neo-Tokyo. I don't think so. Changing someone's race in a new adaptation than it was in the original is problematic, but just some fan making fanart by changing up the race? Just care. So, when a prominent person of color in the cultural stratosphere is portrayed by a white person, it diminishes an opportunity for minorities to be seen. One is not worse or better than the other and we need to realize that. Visual Studies Commons, Home | In my opinion, I think that they are both equally as racist. Then it doesnt Matter What more realistic skin tone they are given. How is whitewashing wrong, or racist, while blackwashing isnt (despite blackwashing being practically the same thing)? A major piece is that in the second movie, theres a scene in a gynoid factory; and we see another prosthetic body that is caucasian that looks exactly like her besides hair color. However, I also love taking it chill and drawing fanart for my favorite anime, video game, or cartoon. On the other hand a white character redrawn as black erases the white character but white is already part of the large majority in representation and power. *. Blackwashed fanart is something I've NEVER seen anyone complain about (except the usual anti-sjws), and there's still lots of people still doing that. When I read that bio I was likeoh shit, here it comes, but shes actually 100% right. So long as you arent doing anything wrong, like drawing offensive stereotypes or fixing the character via changing their skin tone or race, you are more than fine. A black Peter Parker has the potential to offer a much fresher and . Well, whitewashing is the act of replacing an originally character of color, or of a minority group, with a white character/person/actor. We their descendants living on other continents used to have (and possibly still 1978 saw the all-black take on The Wizard of Oz (The Wiz) and 29 years later in 1997, ABC TV aired a special black-led production of Disneys Cinderella starring R&B singing sensations Brandy Norwood and Whitney Houston with Whoopi Goldberg as Queen Constantina. youre not in the wrong here, draw every white character as a poc if you want, or just change all the races if youd like (this may be a bad example but Glee is a guilty pleasure and they did an episode where they did a spice girls song and a black trans character was made to be scary spice because she was the only black singer but they decided that she was more like baby spice and had an asian character play scary spice, so instead of whitewashing the character of scary spice they just race bent her, similar to gender bending or what youre doing on a smaller scale. We need to fight and demand with our dollar for better representation for POC characters and show lots of love to the POC characters we have! In revisiting my position on the recent spate of racist casting changes in Hollywood Ive circled back around to see that yes, it would be nice if we didnt see color anymore and yes, the news that Disneys Little Mermaid Ariel will soon be played by a black actress is great news for those of us who are able to feel that black women are underrepresented in Hollywood. When a white person is cast for the role of a coloured person in a movie it's Let's grab a dinglehopper and pick this one apart. Bit if this is the way people want to go, then fine. Some are doubtless using Ariel's hair colour as code for her skin colour. By using this site you agree to our privacy policy. More recently, films such as Thor, based on the superheroes from Marvel Comics show figures of Norse mythology played by black actors Idris Elba and Tessa Thompson. We wouldnt dare make a movie in 2021 about North American indigenous people and use non-indigenous actors in the main roles. And by the way you dont see too many white characters in their films, I guess you should be calling on them to get more diverse. It's true that I don't have anything against ANY race. By drawing racist portrayals of Asian or Black characters, we promote a bad mind set for future works. Would they have done so if they had lived peacefully with coloured So, I went on Pinterest, and my eyes were opened to a bunch of art of my favorite characters, many of which I grew up loving, with appearances that looked like me. I mean, why not let kids or whoever imagine and create their own role models, heroes, and villains with characters they connect with if they don't see it represented in mainstream media? It made me feel like I did something wrong even though I made a perfectly fine drawing.. I never had trouble relating to characters who did not look like me Cassie in Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry, Karana in Island of the Blue Dolphins, Patty in Summer of My German Soldier, and on and on and on. These are the only two films this guy can think of that has good POC representation? Whitewashing Making a favorite character Black is a way of stepping into that character's skin in a media landscape which makes Blackness such an invisible quality. dont blackwash. Thats RACISM! You have no right to tarnish what Asians on the Art community do. Senior Independent Study Theses. If you are a teen interested in joining us. In another head-scratching move, in Marvels Doctor Strange movie the doctors mentor (The Ancient One) was recast from an Asian male elder to a white female why??!! Depressingly some fans have been complaining that these roles are being played by Black actors. Amazon's new series is a step in the . Don't let the blonde hair. Youre saying American movies should be expected to have white leads? You have no right to copy what we do and make it as your own, only in a black version. Jodie Turner-Smith transforms into Anne Boleyn for first look at drama The Queen & Slim star, 34, transformed into the queen in a first look image at the new drama of the same name, after being cast as the first black actress to play Henry VIII's second wife. While Not Award Worthy, 'M3GAN' Garners Laughs and an Immersive Good Time [Review]. And us caving into their demands is what makes them stronger. Accessibility Statement. Why would an contemporary adaption not reflect that? All rights reserved. Have to disagree on the Ghost in the Shell part. Your email address will not be published. because as far as I know POC arent just black people. The author of the nonfiction story that inspired the film, Ben Mezrich, told an audience of MIT students that early on in the moviemaking process, studio executives told him "most of the film's actors would be white, with perhaps an Asian female." This is consistent with Hollywood's larger trend. I'm not sure, but I think she's actually supposed to be Japanese. it's the same reaction we have when we found out someone was blackwashing a character. All the power to you! The Black Panther Rule states that, while you may change a white characters race to anything you want, you may not change a black characters race to white! No, because their aim is not to employ more people of color, but rather to virtue-signal its own racial enlightenment while simultaneously white-shaming its own IP. The same happens with homosexuals in the court of the prince of the same series. Silly me thinking that was ever true. He is more than sloppy seconds, she tweeted. So she wants to see more Southeast Asian characters in cinema and cant find any? Mar 22, 2022. 20052023 JAK Schmidt, Inc. All rights reserved. Put a white actor into the role and who do you get? Once it airs, the new Amazon series will be critiqued by academics and fans alike for many of its choices regarding plot, characterisation and setting. This ends up with a sanitization in which no one knows what's truly problematic anymore (there's people who have thought that an 18 y/o dating a 21 y/o was pedophilic!!) And each is an opportunity to update outdated and unacceptable tropes, and find ways to represent and normalise non-white characters. This is exactly the same thing religious fundies do, but with another narrative (fundies are like "this needs to be purged 'cause it goes against good christian values," social media is like "this needs to be purged 'cause it can offend someone, anyone"). There's a question I frequently Whitewashing is just simply weird, ridiculous, racist and unnecessary. The latest example is pop . White people are indigenous to Britain and Europe, and theyre entitled to have their historical stories (from the days before the largescale Asian and African immigration to Europe in the 20th century) depicted by actors of their own national ethnicities. So about blackwashing, I think its similar to whitewashing, when it undermines the context of the story, for example: a black man like the Duke of Westminster in The Irregulars of Baker Streeth in an imaginative version of Londons Victorian era. however, If All Characters were made to Be Ethnic\Black\Asian Ect. Apply my words to your question and get your answer, she tweeted. Not just people of color, but other minorities like queer people, neurodivergent people, and disabled people all deserve positive representations. Like, if a character was originally white, why cant the next movie or show have the same white character? If Anne Boleyn can be played by a black actress, so Malcolm X or Hiram Rhodes Revels can be played by a white or Asian man. Catwomans race would go on to change again when in 1992 she returned as Michelle Pfeiffer in Batman Returns and changed in 2002 to Halle Berry in Catwoman. whitewashing suggests that "white" is somehow better than Idk like sometimes I don't get it you know? I'm black and honestly i think that all types of "washing" are something that should not be touched. Whitewashing and Blackwashing have two VERY different impacts in terms of art. Powered by, Whitewashing other races. A fan apparently replied in a now-deleted tweet recommending Idris Elba in the role of the new Black Superman, but Nnedi Okorafor was quick to shoot that down as well. representation, however, is about telling the stories of coloured people. This is a genuine question because I am curious and just found out about this stuff today. Why take a Danish story when there are plenty of interesting stories from Africa, many of which are largely unknown to western audiences? Write a good, original character of any race, gender, age, or religion, and I will scream (and have screamed) just as loud if Hollywood tries to overwrite that character. It's an ill-advised approach . A lot of minorities (Asians especially in leading roles) are. Either you can do it both ways or you can't do it at all pick a side Hollywood! Also, you should stop caring about what's problematic. Required fields are marked *. Recent reports and a newly released trailer have revealed more details about plotlines, ramping up the anticipation. I feel like often times, when there is good POC representation happening, it can never just be them chilling. now if nessa was white and people blackwashed her why should it be okay? her playing Ariel wasnt the same Ariel as many people had grew up with; that Ariel was supposed to be white. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. If that character were to be played by an actor of color, there would be nothing wrong with it. Copyright (c) 2018 Feael Silmarien. and this brings more problems than solutions. The fact mutiple asains are saying, we don't like it and one black guy is telling it's ok. Should tell you something. There has been a lot of backlash with both whitewashing, and blackwashing, some arguments saying that one is better than the other and some saying they are both the same. They just have to take the time to ask someone or do their research before writing something. "The wealth of the "Western" nations and their white citizens is built on the blood, sweat and tears of coloured people. I believe this is something we can all agree on. Essentially a black cosplayer posted pictures of herself cosplaying a character from sailor moon (a. Blackwashing white characters is not a step forwardjennifer aniston glamour. This allows us to bring you the most interesting, entertaining, and unique entertainment experiences, covering theme parks, movies, TV, video games, and special events. Asking yourself that question is great - coming from an Asian American artist if that means anything :), large amount of writing warning, sorry bout that, guess i had more to say than i thought. University of Glasgow provides funding as a member of The Conversation UK. Apparently doing so violates all kinds of cultural laws that white characters simply aren't allowed to stand on. Its better than just being ignorant and possibly writing a negative stereotype. This version of the play presented audiences with a black Prometheus in chains, bringing to mind images of slavery, adding a further layer of complexity to the Titan who suffered for humanity. Blackwashing Blackwashing Whitewashing is the alteration of a characters skin tone, from black/brown to white. Kusanagi is the name of the sword in the Emperors imperial regalia. My Account | , a 2017 film starring Scarlett Johansson as the main character. Inside the Magic consists of multiple writers & videographers living near both Disneyland and Walt Disney World theme parks and around the world. With its sudden push toward diversity and inclusion Hollywood has opened the door to a different kind of racism in that celebrating diversity is by necessity seeing color and in recent times what feels like seeing the lack of it. just look at the Nessa drama from pokemon. There is plenty of evidence of diversity in Roman Britain, for example. A white, black, woman, mexican, monkey, cyborg and pig version of spiderman already exists and even more will be created by fans and character designers alike in time. A black Superman is a lazy sad useless idea, just as a black Roland was. The prospect of a new production with non-white characters has got some purist Tolkien fans in a fankle. I just feel like would shouldn't change something that the character can't change themselves like sexuality or skin colour. Especially in the entertainment industry? we can't be sure what Homer meant when he wrote that Achilles had "golden" hair, a high-ranking Roman officer and father of a "typical Roman family" could be black, already had listed all the points I had in my mind, Art Is Immortality - Why Artists Never Die, Idealism vs. Realism in Art - Why Characters in Art Usually Are Too Pretty to Be Real, Self-Insert Out of Control, or The Creepiest Writing Experience Ever, Who else wants to see big-budget movies and TV shows about exciting events like the. Some fans argue that Tolkien never described elves, dwarves or hobbits as anything but white, and claim that the casting is disrespectful to his books. fully coloured and give him or her one white parent (so that the character is Very interesting your opinion. 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