Typical Hollywood, taking a film set in Japan and casting white people as the leads. DO NOT WANT
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mharvey-3-910706 — 9 years ago(November 10, 2016 08:05 AM)
"How would you know if Mr. Smith was not hired for his race? Maybe Mr. Jones was simply more qualified."
That was exactly my point. If he was not hired, specifically because of race, he would never know, and certainly couldn't prove it. However, many people are not hired only because of their race. Since you don't live in the USA, perhaps you aren't aware of the level of racism in our society.
"I said that most countries are majorly [sic] white, which is true."
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Archnenna — 9 years ago(November 10, 2016 08:19 AM)
It could be.
I'm sick of people online (mostly on Tumblr) talking about race relations as though they're universal, while actually talking about how they work in the USA. They never even seem to consider other countries.
"Perhaps you forgot Asia, Africa, South America and Central America. I believe you are mistaken."
I was talking about European countries (because the person before me said that European media is racist because of lack of diversity, so I pointed out that most countries in Europe are white-majority, hence the reason for mostly white movie casts), not those on other continents. I can't speak for other continents, but I can speak for Europe, or at least my and neighboring countries. -
hellojoe87 — 10 years ago(January 11, 2016 07:07 PM)
Just because you learn a bunch of false definitions in a women's studies class or on tumblr doesn't make it true. Casting a white person in a movie set in Japan is absolutely 100% not racist. If you want to be offended go ahead but : Full Definition of racism
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: a belief that race is the primary determinant of human traits and capacities and that racial differences produce an inherent superiority of a particular race
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: racial prejudice or discrimination
Your bs definition is not the real definition, so stop treating it as such. And please, if you are offended by everything, go away. -
Thorshairspray — 9 years ago(April 07, 2016 11:20 AM)
They are hihgly represented in Western Cinema you tit. You won't find many in Indian or Far Eastern cinema.
Lets think why? Hmmmm.no white in Japanese filmsnot many white actors in Japan.
No Japanese in American films?.not many Japanese actors? No Whitey is racist. -
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udidwht — 10 years ago(February 11, 2016 11:11 PM)
Your giving em to much credit. Racism is NOT by very definition the hating of a race. It goes much deeper than that. If a white person grows up in a predominately black neighborhood he/she is quite likely to grow up hating those in the hood. Is it because of the color of their skin? No
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KoRnRuLz — 10 years ago(January 12, 2016 02:51 AM)
I think you will find that America and Europe cast more Caucasians because they are the majority race in those areas simple really.
Just like Japan casts more Japanese actors in there films, because they are the majority race there and the majority of people watching their film will be Japanese.
If this film was going to be aimed at say a Japanese audience, then the film makers would have cast roles to suit that, but not it was made for an American movie going audience, the majority of whom are Caucasian.
It has been proven that people like to see or read about Characters based from their own ethnicity or gender or both because they can then identify more with that person. Therefore they will be more willing to spend their money on a story that involves a character more like them.
And before you start on, yes people do make exceptions of course, and no it's not racism, everyone has it, it is subconscious.
I'm not saying there is no racism in Hollywood, but they are doing better than many other places, and it is not the giant conspiracy theory people on here are making out to be. -
Theshornwonder — 10 years ago(January 18, 2016 11:48 AM)
White people make up the majority in the United States and Europe. If you decide to criticize a national film industry because it doesn't represent the population of "the world" then you're pretty silly.
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janisvstr — 10 years ago(March 23, 2016 07:12 PM)
White people make up the majority when it comes to representation in the media and films -
in the West, FTFY.
And it's only normal, since we
are
the majority here.
You think European cinema lacks diversity because there's racism in Europe, but you find it silly that a movie based in Japan doesn't have a Japanese lead? Your racist double standards are
sickening
!
Boy, are you retarded or what
Not a native anglo. -
ipoisonthenachos-57368 — 10 years ago(January 08, 2016 05:40 PM)
I'm going to disagree. Just because this movie was set in Japan does not mean the lead has to be Asian. Would it nice? Absolutelybut not necessary. There are many instances where I would agree with you the Chun Li movie was one, the remake of Death Note, etc. But in this case - no. I think you are just looking to be offended.