Blackwashing in film
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.