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  1. Michael Le of Racebending.com looks at the issue of whitewashing in Hollywood and how it has revolutionized leading stars in breakout roles.Subscribe to CTV ...

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  2. Jul 5, 2016 · What is Hollywood 'whitewashing'? CNN. 16.6M subscribers. Subscribed. 180. 8.9K views 8 years ago. Cultural commentator and race expert Emma Dabiri shares her views on a practice almost as old as...

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  3. Dec 31, 2019 · Whitewashing in Hollywood is the well-documented practice of movie executives and other decision makers to choose white actors to portray people of color on film. One of the most famous cases of Hollywood whitewashing involves Mickey Rooney portraying an Asian character in 1961’s Breakfast at Tiffany’s.

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    Character
    Race/ethnicity Portrayal
    Hollywood’s Choice For Actor
    The Curse of La Llorona
    Anna Tate-Garcia
    Latina
    Linda Cardellini
    Annihilation
    Lena
    Asian American
    Natalie Portman
    The Post
    Ben Bagdikian
    Armenian American
    Bob Odenkirk
    Jungle
    Yosseph Ghinsberg
    Israeli
    Daniel Radcliffe
  4. Instead of a flagrant stain upon cinema, it is a shadow that lurks in the background. Instead of blackface, there is whitewashing. “Whitewashing” is generally defined as choosing a “white male or female to portray a character who is originally of an ethnic background.”.

  5. In its simplest form, whitewashing refers to the tendency of media to be dominated by white characters, played by white actors, navigating their way through a story that will likely resonate most deeply with white audiences, based on their experiences and worldviews. There are four distinct types of whitewashing.

  6. Whitewashing the Movies addresses the popular practice of excluding Asian actors from playing Asian characters in film. Media activists and critics have denounced contemporary decisions to cast White actors to play Asians and Asian Americans in movies such as Ghost in the Shell and Aloha.

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  8. This study aims to dissect how whitewashing and blackwashing differ, as well as discuss how blackwashing succumbs to the racist history of the Hollywood film industry despite its attempt at leading a brighter future for Black representation in film. Whitewashing will be viewed as direct racism, or the act of treating people differently in