I think the Daily Dot summed it up pretty well. I’ll just emphasize the point the Daily Dot is making: Casting Cumberbatch as an ethnically ambiguous character in this movie is wrong because: 1. This was the franchise’s opportunity to cast a non-White actor, and instead, they chose a white actor that had already…

I have heard people discuss this. Basically, the film makers have used Chiwetel Ejiofor as an “alibi” to excuse their white washing of Asian characters. It’s pretty gross honestly. I love Chiwetel Ejiofor ESPECIALLY when he does sci-fi and dystopian movies. But the studioshouldn’t get brownie points for casting him.…

I’m a white person who never paid much attention to the representation of Asians in the media until recently and even I was offended by Tilda Swinton’s casting. It, along with Cumberbatch’s casting, is the reason I haven’t seen the movie, even though I like the genre. I may not be Asian, but I still feel insulted as a…