May 2012
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autumn-sacura asked: No one suggested Pirates of Dark Water yet? It had all POC cast years before AtLA/Korra (yes, I'm old...)
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Earth's Whitey-est Heroes →
The Avengers includes a man in an invincible suit of armor, a lady assassin, an archer, a super-soldier, the Viking God of Thunder and a Hulk. Something they don’t have, though, is a lot of diversity. That’s not necessarily a flaw, but it does kind of stick out that - in a movie that trades heavily on themes of teamwork and mutual acceptance - when The Avengers finally assemble in New...
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Dear "Colorblind" people,
ladyatheist:
Sciences says you’re probably racist:
http://news.illinois.edu/news/10/0421online.html
“If you subscribe to a color-blind racial ideology, you don’t think that race or racism exists, or that it should exist,” Tynes said. “You are more likely to think that people who talk about race and racism are the ones who perpetuate it. You think that racial problems are just isolated...
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A-daisy: Idris Elba talks Thor 2 →
filmfilmfilmfilms:
Thor 2 will be retaining the services of Asgardian doorman Heimdall, after Idris Elba confirmed he is all set to return for the next round of Marvel movies. “Yes, I am,” said Elba, when asked by Collider whether he’s appearing in Thor 2. “I’m definitely going to do my man…
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A-daisy: Django Unchained Footage Revealed: Cannes... →
filmfilmfilmfilms:
Cannes was treated to a sneak peak of Quentin Tarantino’s tale of an escaped slave seeking both revenge and his stolen wife tonight, and judging by the clips we saw, Django Unchained is going to be… well, off the chain.
Here’s 8 things we now know about QT’s ‘Southern’.
1) It’s…
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Anonymous asked: In the comics the Mandarin is mixed race though. He's half-English, just like Kingsley (albeit with an East Asian parent rather than a South Asian one). Does it count as white-washing if a character is mixed race and is played by a mixed-race actor? I'd see that as a race lift sure but not on the level of something like the bullshit with Bane and Ra's al Ghul in the Batman movies.
Anonymous asked: It just said in the article there it's co-produced with Chinese backers and they didn't want something that would be offensive towards the Chinese people. Also Ben Kingsley is a POC himself (he's half-Indian). It's definitely a race lift but let's not erase that Kingsley himself is half-Asian because that's gross.
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Anonymous asked: If that's true it makes sense that the Chinese producers wouldn't want Mandarin to be Chinese in the movie. Mandarin is a racist as fuck Fu Manchu wannabe and frankly I'm still surprised Marvel even uses him in the 21st century.
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merrick-hlc asked: Semi-continued from my last ask & in response to another. I really don't think it's a "The studio picks the winners" thing because IMO the studio would want to seem diverse & pick who seemed likely to sell the most (associate the product with people who are going to have hits). I think it's more there's a LOT of bigots who are willing to call in a LOT to...
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merrick-hlc asked: I'm not a huge American Idol fan, but I've honestly felt an increasing level of it seeming to be bigoted. Ignoring the anti-gay sudden losses of Aiken & Lambert. The winners seemed to go from decently diverse ( White female, Black male, Black Female, White Female, White Male, Black Female) to ENTIRELY White Male, White Male, White Male, White Male, White Male. That seems quite...
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vermeer-mark-iv asked: I've always thought American Idol [voters] were terribly prejudice against the POC contestants on their show, but then I'm among the few or many who believe the show is rigged from day one and the producers or whomever is in control of the "series" has already picked out their winners and were weeding out the "hopefuls" for the mere "suspense" Mind you, this...
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ines-herana asked: How do you feel about viewers' claims of racism portrayed by American Idol voters? Frankly, after talking to people of :cough: a paler complexion, it seems that racism did play a part in who won, but how big was the impact of racism this season?
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Anonymous asked: Do you think that the hunger games fanart has a lot of whitewashing going on? Because it really seemed like a lot of the characters were racially ambiguous and some of them were definitely PoCs.
Anonymous asked: (regarding Generator Rex) No, actually. There are quite a few memorable POCs in this show. There's his brother, his (adoptive) grandmother, as well as a friend of his. A kickass female soldier, ANOTHER kickass animal rights activist, and the list of minor characters goes on and on.
Anonymous asked: Regarding poc in shows, how about Generator Rex? the main character's Argentinean :)
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Anonymous asked: How about Afro Samurai?
Anonymous asked: Original Anon about S2 GoT - thanks for the info! Also, to the comment about Arya/Tyrion, they are some of my favorite characters, but definitely not the only ones (for me, there's only characters I really dislike, rather than choice favorites - part of why I really enjoy the show). I'll dig deep but I don't feel like I'm suffering from internalized misogyny *shrugs* I like...
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lawd-knows asked: UPN in the 90s was a goldmine of positive black tv. also parenthood on wb (robert townsend is THAT DOOD) and um of course family matters. im blanking out on names but im watching all these shows with names i forgot play out in my head haha
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K-Town, the "Asian Jersey Shore" reality show
racebending:
Donny Tru wrote:
Hey guys! Not a Tumblr user but I keep up with this blog as often as I can.
Just wanted to know your thoughts on the K-town reality show. I saw their trailer: http://youtu.be/LqMh0IAJo20
My feelings are still mixed about it but I’m not articulate enough to explain why exactly. I’m really happy for them coming out with their own reality show especially since Angry...
Anonymous asked: Ros, the white, ginger prostitute, is a new-for-show-only character who displaced two WOC, Chataya and Alayaya. Dany's POC ensemble is whittled down to only white characters. Almost every main cast female character has been stripped of her agency, which is usually given to a male character instead. (They're done-to instead of doing) First post on headtrip-honey-asoiaf's tumblr under...
Anonymous asked: To the other anon, the characters whitewashed in season 2 of Game of Thrones were two black women, Chataya and her daughter Alayaya. Their role was sort of given over to a white character who isn't even in the books, Ros.
Anonymous asked: protip: don't fully trust someone who says their favorite characters are arya and tyrion. there's always misogyny/internalized misogyny going on in there. as far as which characters were whitewashed, it's alayaya and chataya.
Anonymous asked: What did anon mean by 'butchering'? For me, all of the characters in Season 2 - Game of Thrones have become irritating broken records and lost a bit of their depth (except maybe for Arya and Tyrion). Also, which WoC characters were whitewashed? :( I haven't read the books so I wouldn't be aware of it! Please and thank you :)
Anonymous asked: as much as i like game of thrones, no i wouldn't recommend it. they, as of season 2, have not only butchered the female characters and have completely erased two important WOC and given their roles to a white woman.
vermeer-mark-iv asked: Did anyone mention Prison Break (2005-2009)? It featured at least two POC with a reoccurring or prominent role (Rockmond Dunbar as "C-Note" and Amaury Nolasco Fernando Sucre). Then there's BET's sit-coms, "Let's Stay Together" and "The Game"; Teen Nick (when it was called Noggin and The-N) had a mini-series called "Miracles Boys" focused on...
areyoualliance asked: smart guy!
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Anonymous asked: Game of Thrones?
merrick-hlc asked: About Breakout Kings, it should be noted that now your best bet is Netflix or something. The 2nd season recently ended and it's been announced it's not coming back for a 3rd, sadly.
allbrainsgesture asked: I know someone already mentioned Legend of Korra, but the original Avatar series has all PoC characters as well!
Anonymous asked: Veronica Mars? The main character was white, but her best friend, his girlfriend for a while on the show, and a few other characters were poc.
www-fuck-this-shityolo asked: For your list of shows,Breakout Kings had two POC male main characters with several POC characters per episode that weren't reoccurring but played important roles in the episodes plot.
Anonymous asked: what about prison break?
Anonymous asked: Would Greys Anatomy count?
Anonymous asked: I don't think anyone's mentioned Star Trek: Deep Space Nine which had a fucking badass poc as the main character and several more introduced as the series progressed.
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beeftony asked: Young Justice
Anonymous asked: For kids stuff Young Justice has two POC in the main cast in season 1 (Aqualad and Artemis) and three in season 2 (Bumblebee, Blue Beetle and Mal Duncan). Ultimate Spider-Man has Luke Cage, Nova and White Tiger as main characters. Black Panther also had a TV show that should be up on Netflix. Black Lagoon also has a Chinese main protagonist and one of the other main characters is black.
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fakeagainstthemachine asked: West Wing, Nurse Jackie.
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fromthemargintothecenter asked: Also, Recess. This list is getting long! How exciting! Can the mods clarify what a "good amount" is?