Yeah, isn’t it funny how the story ALWAYS seems to “call for” white people. Even when it’s set in old China or fuedal Japan or ancient Egypt, somehow white people always seem to be “called for.”

And when someone takes a character that doesn’t have to be white (like Queen Elizabeth I would have to be) and makes them a minority, white people freak out. I’m white and I’m really tired of seeing white people on everything. I work with kids and I want all of my students to see themselves in characters. UGH! 

My problem with the “only if the story calls for it” argument is that the same is never applied to white characters. A lot of stories don’t call for white characters to be white. Jason Bourne, Katniss Everdeen, Ethan Hunt, Ace Ventura, John McClane, Ellen Ripley, Sarah Connor - none of these characters needed to be…

Well, the bad guys can be black.

I know a lot of people will say its HIS artistic vision and therefore can’t be criticised c ause its censorship or something. But you do know how bad it sounds that his artistic vision apparently means casting almost all white people in any important roles in his movies, right?

you must not know much about Ancient Egypt then.

I'm still waiting on that Assassin's Creed game set in Ancient Egypt.

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