White Actors Stop Playing Non-White Characters

[Larry]

Oh sure!! Now that no one is making westerns and there's no Injun parts needed, you white people decide to get religion.....

[xenon]

The white guy who plays Apu does a bang up job.

The Indian accent is kinda hard because Indians put the emphasis on a different syllable than Westerners. Not easy for a white guy to pull off.

[Mik]

@Larry said in White Actors Stop Playing Non-White Characters:

Oh sure!! Now that no one is making westerns and there's no Injun parts needed, you white people decide to get religion.....

Oy. This is gonna be tough on those Jewish Indians.

[George K]

@Mik said in White Actors Stop Playing Non-White Characters:

Oy. This is gonna be tough on those Jewish Indians.

Link to video

[Loki]

@Larry said in White Actors Stop Playing Non-White Characters:

Oh sure!! Now that no one is making westerns and there's no Injun parts needed, you white people decide to get religion.....

Hahaha

[Larry]

[Larry]

@Mik said in White Actors Stop Playing Non-White Characters:

@Larry said in White Actors Stop Playing Non-White Characters:

Oh sure!! Now that no one is making westerns and there's no Injun parts needed, you white people decide to get religion.....

Oy. This is gonna be tough on those Jewish Indians.

[LuFins Dad]

But I assume everybody is still good with Hamilton?

[Copper]

The show? who cares

The lecture? Don't be ridiculous

[Loki]

How much DNA do I need to have to be whatever I am personifying? Where do I get certified as such? Can I play more than 1 religious, race or whatever card. If I identify as a gender can I play that gender, and if so what does that transfer to other areas?

[George K]

So, people who, for a living, pretend to be other people, aren't allowed to pretend to be other people.

Did I get that right?

[Loki]

@George-K said in White Actors Stop Playing Non-White Characters:

So, people who, for a living, pretend to be other people, aren't allowed to pretend to be other people.

Did I get that right?

Well you could pretend to be a German piano or an American car or an effective medication or a healer but no in the Constitution apparently there are protected classes. Read up.

[Axtremus]

@Loki said in White Actors Stop Playing Non-White Characters:

Can I play more than 1 religious, race or whatever card.

Yes, it's called intersectionality.

[Loki]

@Axtremus said in White Actors Stop Playing Non-White Characters:

@Loki said in White Actors Stop Playing Non-White Characters:

Can I play more than 1 religious, race or whatever card.

Yes, it's called intersectionality.

Yup, so my question was is that okay if you play that card?

[Axtremus]

@Loki said in White Actors Stop Playing Non-White Characters:

@Axtremus said in White Actors Stop Playing Non-White Characters:

@Loki said in White Actors Stop Playing Non-White Characters:

Can I play more than 1 religious, race or whatever card.

Yes, it's called intersectionality.

Yup, so my question was is that okay if you play that card?

I thought I answered yes to that question already. You can play that card.