This is really interesting, because corporations are not moral actors. I’ve been paying attention to commercials (sociology major, can’t help it), and I’ve noticed that advertisers are still using same-sex and interracial couple and families and gender bending in their commercials. That’s really significant to me, it…

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My thoughts too, I’m thinking, has Scarlett never watched a classic Hollywood film? Does she not know of Vivian Leigh, Ingrid Bergman, or Elizabeth Taylor??? Hollywood has relied on the allure of a beautiful white woman protagonist since the beginning. It’s 2017 girlfriend.

This. I would be so much more interested in this movie if they had cast Rinko Kikuchi instead. Just based off her work in Pacific Rim I think she would have been great for this.

There’s a host of amazingly talented non-white women out there who can be leads in anything. Stop making white women the default. It’s old and pathetic.

You literally said everything I came here to say. Her verbiage is SO telling.

Also, having a franchise with a female protagonist driving it is such a rare opportunity.

Also, having a franchise with a female protagonist driving it is such a rare opportunity.

I certainly would never presume to play another race of a person.

And here’s where she tells the truth:

I love it when movie folks pursue racist projects and then disingenuously try to cover their asses by feigning ignorance for being offensive. Almost as much as i love racism/racist apologists who parrot mealy mouthed excuses about people in Japan being hunky dory about Hollywood white washing (i.e. a problem that does…

Oh, a Trump troll grows a conscience all of a sudden?

And, you’re not trying nearly hard enough, dear.

I loved all the speeches and that so many people spoke out. Usually it’s just a handful. YAY for celebs actually doing something and not just tweeting carefully written support.

Best things about it: Winona Ryder’s expressions.

Leonardo Nam can GET. IT.

DECADE?! This needs to be a kickback month.

As a history nerd, I like to reassure myself that what we’re experiencing now is a normal part of progress. There is always a sort of kickback before society changes meaningfully. The 50's were a kickback decade. There was a kickback during the industrial revolution. The Spanish Inquisition was partly in response to…

What a weird comment to get so offended by