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May 24, 2024 · Whitewashing art and history. Whitewashing the past goes far beyond how the Civil War has been traditionally taught in American schools as a battle over states’ rights in which slavery was but...
- Jeremy Helligar
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
Jan 16, 2019 · Where are all the beautiful, powerful, black-skinned females from mythology and history? They were erased by Western art, argues Sophia Smith Galer.
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.
Whitewashing refers to the practice of diminishing or erasing the presence and contributions of non-white cultures in art, while blackwashing involves the incorporation or emphasis of Black identities in historical or traditionally non-Black contexts.
“Whitewashing” is generally defined as choosing a “white male or female to portray a character who is originally of an ethnic background.” This definition holds true, but there are also two different types of whitewashing. One is when filmmakers take a historically ethnic person or group of people and cast a white actor or actress.
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Sep 5, 2017 · Whitewashing happens in a number of ways. It can be the whitening through casting of a character who was originally a person of colour in historical or source material, as with Daimio in the new...
