white people in movies

White people can't jump.)

LOL, this kind of not so intelligent topic.

by the way all humanity originated by a region called Africa so ...

When i saw this post i thought i was si dumb it would nver have more than 10 comments, yet there is 200 comments. Rest assured it's to say how dumb this is.

welcome to the "SJW" generation.

It's more a matter of people most of the time being bored and dissatisfied with their own life and standing in society, expressing their desire to belong somewhere in the most offensive and snubby way they can think of. People like that seem to get offended by things they literally don't know the first thing about and twist and intermix these with their own agendas, not giving a damn about the issue and the people affected by it at all (or just trying to bash someones skull in for the sake of their own amusement). It's much easier to blame someone else for one's own failures instead of taking responsibility and to jump on or even create a bandwagon, trying to boost their own ego with someone else's cause and by that hurting it more than contributing in any form whatsoever. Most of the time, people that like to do so are called politicians. And I don't mean the good ones.
From what I know, Hollywood and other media outlets always were influenced by politics and prone to promote segregation, be it ethnicity-, class- or gender-wise, simply representing the will of the ones trying to force their view of things onto others that willingly and blindly follow like the dumb sheep they treated as, not realizing the ones they admire don't give the slightest fuck about them and are only after cash and power, 'cause their as dumb as the ones they believe to just be that. There's no big conspiracy to it either, it's just how the world works or rather how we as humans made it work, unable to overcome our basest instincts and thereby shoving our cash and dreams into the next chimney available, disguised as a good-meaning shepherd we just like to trust because he so comfortably explains this complicated thing called planet earth for us in such easy black/white schemata, which don't force our brains to think for themselves for once.

For the same reason we only get 90% trash movies and more of the same in form of sequels than something really worthwhile our time, there's still racism and discrimination rampant in our societies, in reality not really giving a fuck which 'side' you're on - if you don't go with the flow, you're out, easy as that. Don't rattle the sheep, they could get upset and start to think for themselves :o!

There's also not enough asians in NBA and I find that very offensive.

There are too many zombies in movies! Some of those roles should go to vampires and werewolves!

And how about gargoyles and giant leeches? And dont even get me started on the Blob - how long has it been since he had a juicy role in a movie??

People are morons.

Bro, pls just accept the world.

Thank God I don't live in the United States (the land of the professionally offended).

Most of them are libtards

So, there are a couple different things at play here.

1) People want to watch movies, and play games, starring people that are like them. They want to be able to project themselves into the characters, and most people find that easier when the characters are similar to them. When most protagonists tend to be white males, minorities feel a little put out. It's not even about equal representation or proportional representation, it's about having purposefully diverse stars that every minority can look at a movie or game and think, "Wow, that character is like me!"

2) People leave stupid reviews, and dislike things for stupid reasons. If you need proof of this, just look up the reviews for any Steam game and I'm sure you'll find some examples. But that's why I think the most useful element of a review is not whether someone liked or disliked a thing, but why they liked or disliked it. That way, you'll know if it applies to you or not.

i always hate when movies get white washed or black washed or asian washed.

like netflix version of death note. i was furious it was all white people. they are spos to be asian v__v
i also get butt hurt when people say hermonie granger is black from harry potter books lol....
original art and stories should be held true to their creators way of portraying its characters.

i hate when people change stuff. same as i get upset when a movie based off a book, doesnt follow the book very well. for example. the first percy jackson movie.

You looked at reviews on the internet, a place notorious for turning otherwise reasonable people into frothing lunatics simply because of quasi-anonymity, an audience, and a place to exaggerate and vent. If we look at the worst examples and take them to represent the whole (or just too much of a demographics actual views) then it will normally cast some pretty big shade. It is possible for a vocal minority to appear as a vocal majority by a factor of exposure, and once you bring in political issues (particularly those you disagree with) there can be an element of confirmation bias, or even exposure bias as you seek to find how deep that rabbit hole goes. Social media, heated subjects, and enclosed societies account for a lot of it.

I'm sure there are plenty of people that have firm opinions on race and sex ratios in casting, but simply don't play them out as more than just a personal peeve. I find it hard to get an accurate read on such matters because of the whole deal of living as only one race, sex, nationality, etc. It's one thing to try the mental exercise of walking in anothers shoes but there can be so many hidden exacerbating factors, or things that build up over time. In an earlier comment I offered caution in the idea that if most movies you saw had casts heavily weighted to skintones very different from yours (yes, talking of it as a scale rather than a binary), then you might be more likely to take note, especially if that repeats over a good number of movies. I can't tell personally whether it is because of the lighter skintones of leading roles / supporting roles in movies I've watched (and therefore have a core blindness, coupled with my own town in the UK being overwhelmingly white / lighter skin-tones), or because I just don't pay attention to apparent races, accents and sex. I do admit the majority of main casts I recall seeing had light skin, but I'm also not exactly all that worldly so I wouldn't be able to tell a tanned caucasian from a light hispanic or asian, especially not with the way my monitor calibration is half the time (viewing angles, hnnng).

It's not exclusive to black people grouching at white people. Far from it. I didn't follow it personally so take this with a pinch of salt, but I do remember a few repeating groansome takes about "If there is a Black Panther then why not White Panther?" I find it best not to listen to those who are obviously just barking for catharsis sake, and only really pay attention when someone tries to make a point. Even then, keeping an honest track of what sentiments are loudest given how user feedback and social media segments interests now, it's pretty hard not to get a weird kaleidoscopic effect where what you see depends on what angle you came looking at it from.

So from what I've gathered. Some people really wants equality that they would settle for an illusion, not only would they believe this illusion, they would allow racism to have this illusion.

What I mean is that they would want Hollywood to "once in a while" hire a minority, not by their talent, but by their skin color. This is racism, pure and simple, but they would refuse that fact so when they watch a movie, they would see diversity (hence the illusion).

I suppose some people would rather live in lies.

The question is not what their race is, but it should be how well they act and can they really carry the role. Anyway, that's how it should be, but usually isn't. Sigh

Hi , my name is Nate Higgers.

The fact is that as you said, we're all human. But it's extremely obvious that all humans aren't represented equally, regardless of how much they work. That representation should be usually around the same percentage that the country's population is, because it just statistically makes the most sense (I'm not talking of equity here, btw).

Now, in reality, there's so much here that plays a role. Money, prejudices, ideals, scripts, characters, even damn movie titles play a role. Literally everything. And to break it all down, a person would need hundreds, if not thousands of hours of research and then hundreds of pages to write all that stuff down and then to make all the possible conclusions.

What you've essentially asked is "Why do things happen to things?". It's hard to answer because this stuff is hard to look through. Whatever argument someone puts forward, there will be a valid counter to it. Put all those things together and then you'll get a proper and useful answer that actually addresses everything it should address.

Personally, I think people overreact sometimes (like The Great Wall, which was literally about a white guy in China). But also, sometimes they're completely on the money (like Ghost in a Shell, where an asian character was replaced with Scarlett Johansson purely for profits). It's all case by case. I wouldn't be opposed to seeing more black people in movies or more asians, hispanics or whomever else. As long as you can act/direct, then go for it.

I watch movies that are good. Not movies that have certain races in it.

Honestly I can't care less about the rase of the actor - what I am bothered with is if there is an actor of a certain race in historical movies just to meet quota and it doesn't make the slightiest sense. I think it was a movie Centutrion or The Eagle of the Ninth legion that had a black Roman legionnaire stationed in Britain. Or a movie about historical characters that were not who they were supposed to be - I am looking at you Elizabeth Taylor or John Wayne.

Oh and that might be because I am a history teacher and I am against all movies screwing history from behind.

Serious question here
How many blacklists did you earn?

Would you be annoyed if all Holywood movies (that could conceivably include a all-white cast, i.e. not movies specifically about non-whites) would include 100% only white actors and actresses? Assuming you would find it annoying, then at what percentage would it stop annoying you? If you just draw the line at a different point from others, then you're not that different from them. Those who are different are the "very fine people" who wouldn't mind even if all movies at all-white casts.

Having Asian people in live action anime adaptions though...
Everybody knows that anime characters are white.

The question is more complex than just about the skin color.
As soon as race, origin or religion are involved and some stereotypes for the according group appear, someone is going to feel offended. Others might be offended if there isn't a stereotypical element present, while in their opinion there should.
Political correctness (in movies) was always a pain and it's not going to get any easier.

As for your point, you question people for asking that their "favourites" are represented as main characters because the lack thereof until now, right? Because there isn't enough of it to begin with. Well, while one or the other doesn't make a movie better or worse, some people long for diversity. The origin of a main character can add to this diversity. So can the sexual preference, by the way. There are a great many ways to achieve that goal.

As long as a certain amount of respect and tolerance is kept, there's room for everything and everyone in this world (and its movies).