Floriana Lima accused of whitewashing Maggie Sawyer.
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alirioaguero2 — 9 years ago(November 23, 2016 07:11 AM)
Generic, typical Italians are very much white like any other European nation. Of course, today in Europe there are bunch of people of African and Mid Eastern heritage who are also European (Italian, British, French like any other). But speaking of 'native' Italian ancestry, it is white. Italians are more likely to be dark-haired (although many are blond/red), but it still is Caucasian.
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Educator07 — 9 years ago(November 23, 2016 10:08 AM)
You'll get no argument from me. I'm simply noting that there was a time in America that Italians were not considered white and some do not consider themselves white in present-day.
http://fusion.net/story/213123/on-columbus-day-lets-remember-that-italians-werent-always-white-in-america/
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LithMaethor — 9 years ago(November 23, 2016 09:11 PM)
no, they're really not.
You're suffering from delusions of adequacy.
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Educator07 — 9 years ago(November 23, 2016 04:27 AM)
It may be hypocritical, but I understand it.
Whites are already well-represented on screen. You may not like it, but the goal is to diversify representation screen. That does not occur with white washing.
I've never gone to the movie and thought, "It stinks that there are no movies starring white people playing."
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Pumpyjones — 9 years ago(November 22, 2016 09:50 PM)
Like, I'm of two minds about this. On one hand, obviously it sucks, bc she's not Latina and there are a lot of Latina actresses to choose from in LA, so it not like they'd have to look real hard to find one. Why bother color-bending a white character if you're just going to hire an Italian chick to play her?
On the other hand, she doesn't look any different than a person from Latin America (I can't remember where Maggie's family is supposed to be from). Many people from Latin America are as aryan looking as Giselle Bunchen, and some are even Asian (Harry Shum Jr is actually Costa Rican!). They could've made an effort to cast an actual Latina who looked traditionally Latina, but then againwhat is 'traditionally Latina'? I've seen so many people complain about Laurel from HTGAWM being too white when the character is Mexican, and the actress is actually from Mexico.
The reality is, if you're a working actor who is Italian/Jewish/Arab/Greek/Latin, you've most likely been cast as a few of these ethnicities at some point. Or if you're John Turturro, Oscar Isaac or Oded Fehr, you've played all of them.
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amcguire01 — 9 years ago(November 22, 2016 10:22 PM)
The subject line is misleading Floriana is not being accused of whitewashingthe people that hired her are.
I think Floriana is talented, and fits the part. I didn't know anything about her heritage and, based on my ignorance, thought she was latina.
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Educator07 — 9 years ago(November 23, 2016 04:30 AM)
I thought she was Latina. I think it's an instance of Berlanti letting diverse people try out for a role and not changing the part depending on who is hired.
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