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A False Color of Film
We are a group of aspiring, diverse journalists who use social media to publicize our voices in regards to cultural appropriation in the Film Industry. #DontProfitOffCulture #MoralsOverMoney
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An Article that gives examples on how many well known Disney movies have different meanings to some of their characters.
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A perfect example of how we the consumers control the movie industry, after the backlash of 'Aloha' Cameron Crowe and Emma Stone issued apologizes for white washing the characters, this is the change we are lobbying for, to show film makers and actors that this profiting off cultures is not okay!
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How Emma Stone Became Asian: What It Means When Hollywood Continues To Whitewash
As a person of color, I’ve learned to expect a certain level of whitewashing from Hollywood. Jake Gyllenhaal as The Prince of Persia? Dude, wtf? Random white dude as Goku – wow, WOW, take it easy, buddy!
And yet, Hollywood execs surprised us with yet another bottle of fuckery by casting Emma Stone as Allison Ng, a character described as a quarter Hawaiian and a quarter Chinese. Let me lean in closer so I can say that again:
Emma Stone, a blonde haired, blue eyed WHITE WOMAN, was chosen to portray an ASIAN-HAWAIIAN PERSON with an Asian last name. I don’t approve of whitewashing, especially when Asian characters get swapped with white ones (see: Ghost in the Shell), but this is a new level of lazy bullshit. How can you go 80% of the way, write a script ABOUT AN ASIAN PERSON but not cast an Asian actress? That’s like making a movie about the Jackson 5 set in the 1960s but casting Honey Boo Boo as Tito and a ham sandwich as Michael – did you even try, bro?!
Hollywood continues to whitewash because white folks don’t see ethnicity as an IDENTITY. They don’t believe race and ethnicity can effect your opportunities and personality in real life, or in a fictional movie. Instead, race is treated like a COSTUME you steal from one person and give to another. In fact, white culture has ALWAYS taken ethnic labels and slapped them onto white products.
We needed more R&B artists so we slapped a label on Justin Timberlake.
We lacked diversity in the workplace so we made a category called “White Latinos.”
And yet, when they do consider our ethnicity it’s used in a way to exploit us: to paint us as uneducated thugs, awkward math nerds, and illegal immigrants. They never meet us half-way and write a script about normal ass POCs, acting as if we’re either born into our designated stereotype or we’re colorblind.
If you wanna know how white folks feel truly feel about us, take a look at ANY Hollywood movie and observe the POC characters. When white men were at their peak of Black male intimidation, they made ‘Mandingo’ and 'Birth of a Nation.’ When they were afraid of Asians, they filmed 'Fu Manchu’ and 'The Interview.’
If we can accept the writings of Langston Hughes and Zora Neale Hurston as expressions of Black thought, why aren’t we accepting racist Hollywood films as expressions of white ones?
Think about it.
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White people practically riot at the thought of a black man playing James Bond, but think it’s the cutest shit ever to pick a white woman to play the Native American inspired Princess Tiger Lily in the upcoming Peter Pan movie. I’m so fucking angry at the hypocrisy of this.
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Up to date information on cultural appropriation in the media, more thoughts and opinions. Let's get the conversation going!
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Breakfast at Tiffany's, a cult classic film. The movie was released in 1961 and seemed totally harmless except pay attention to the name of the actor portraying Mr. Yunioshi
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THIS IS MICKEY ROONEY!
Not only did they not cast a Asian actor to play an Asian role, they played on stereotypes for comedy relief.
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#MoralsOverMoney
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Aloha 2015. Bradley Cooper, Emma Roberts, Rachel McAdams, Bill Murray
Budget: $52 million
Box office: $26 million
A flop, the movie received much backlash because Emma Stone was supposed to play an Asian character. The movie takes place in Hawaii but notice the cast listing and the photo above.
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Angelina Jolie, portraying Mariane Pearl, a woman of African Cuban descent. Notice Jolie's darker complexion and curly hair. Instead of casting an actress who naturally has Pearl's features they decide to use a Caucasian actress with pale skin.
2007's A Mighty Heart
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