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'''Blackwashing''' is a casting practice in the [[cinema of the United States|film industry of the United States]] in which [[black people|black]] actors are cast in historically or canon non-black character roles.{{citation needed|date=April 2017}} The film industry has a history of frequently casting black actors for roles involving [[white people]], including European-Americans, Hispanics, and other Non-black ethnicities. The practice started at the beginning of 1930 in film industry.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.wildcat.arizona.edu/article/2016/09/blackwashing-in-film-its-a-good-trend|title="Blackwashing" in film: It's a good trend|work=The Daily Wildcat|access-date=2017-04-26}}</ref> |
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The upcoming film ''The Avenger:Infinity War'' is expected to be largely blackwashed,{{citation needed|date=April 2017}} while in the 1991 animated film ''[[Beauty and the Beast (1991 film)|Beauty and the Beast]]'' many extras and secondary characters have been painted as black people{{citation needed|date=April 2017}} despite the time the film was set (around 1750–1800) it is unlikely that so many color people would live in a village in the French countryside and manage churches, library or be singers. Another example of blackwashing is the 2014 ''[[Annie (2014 film)|Annie]]'' film.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://atlantablackstar.com/2014/03/11/uh-oh-new-annie-black-washing-hollywood/|title=Uh-Oh, is the New 'Annie' Black-Washing Hollywood?|last=Jackson|first=Barbara-Shae|date=2014-03-11|newspaper=Atlanta Black Star|access-date=2017-04-26}}</ref> |
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Revision as of 14:05, 26 April 2017
Blackwashing is a casting practice in the film industry of the United States in which black actors are cast in historically or canon non-black character roles.[citation needed] The film industry has a history of frequently casting black actors for roles involving white people, including European-Americans, Hispanics, and other Non-black ethnicities. The practice started at the beginning of 1930 in film industry.[1]
The upcoming film The Avenger:Infinity War is expected to be largely blackwashed,[citation needed] while in the 1991 animated film Beauty and the Beast many extras and secondary characters have been painted as black people[citation needed] despite the time the film was set (around 1750–1800) it is unlikely that so many color people would live in a village in the French countryside and manage churches, library or be singers. Another example of blackwashing is the 2014 Annie film.[2]
References
- ^ ""Blackwashing" in film: It's a good trend". The Daily Wildcat. Retrieved 2017-04-26.
- ^ Jackson, Barbara-Shae (2014-03-11). "Uh-Oh, is the New 'Annie' Black-Washing Hollywood?". Atlanta Black Star. Retrieved 2017-04-26.