Men, white men in particular, continue to have quite the advantage when it comes to working in the film industry

This, to me, is more egregious than casting mythical figures like Ra or Noah, or Moses with white guys. This was an actual person and they whitewashed him.

That’s the point. The leads IRL were of Asian descent, but to sell the movie, had to be Causcasian.

The only other approach that would have been to make the movie with all Asian actors

Mmm, what does “Middle Eastern” look like, exactly?

IIRC they were being called “Rollerboards” to start with. Then some stupid meme went viral during that whole ‘Back to the Future’ crap last summer, and the term “Hoverboard” ended up sticking. It didn’t help that some guy with a crappy Genie costume around Halloween made a video and everyone started gushing about how…

Mind explaining for the international audience?

Well, the bonus is they now have a new marketing angle: