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Acceptance
With few minority actors in Hollywood at this time, yellowface and blackface worn by white actors were looked at well because of the showcasing of their specific races culture being broadcast. -
Admiration
Minorities didn't mind watching white actors portray their race -
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Whitewashing still prevalent to this day
The uproar is growing and growing and will soon take to national news. -
Integration
Roles in Hollywood became more diverse and minority actors increased. -
Sidney Poitier
Wins Oscar for Best Actor for his role in "Lilies of the Field" -
Controversy
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The Wind and the Lion
Sean Connery, most known for playing the role of James Bond, was cast as Mulai Ahmed er Raisuni, the commander of a band of Berber insurrectionists in North Africa. -
The House of the Spirits
A movie that is based in Chile, white actors Meryl Streep, Glenn Close, Jeremy Irons, and Winona Ryder play characters of Latin descent. -
Ridley Scott's absurd comments
During the making of the film "Exodus: Gods and Kings", a film based in Egypti, director Ridley Scott cast all of the Gods and King titles as white people and the slaves are black. When asked why he casted this way he said "I can’t mount a film of this budget, where I have to rely on tax rebates in Spain, and say that my lead actor is Mohammad so-and-so from such-and-such. I’m just not going to get it financed. So the question doesn’t even come up." -
88th Academy Awards
For the second year in a row minorities were excluded from all 20 best acting roles. This caused an uproar and began to spread the Twitter hashtag #OscarsSoWhite. -
Doctor Strange
Tilda Swinton, a white actress, was cast in the role of The Ancient One, who was originally scripted in the comics as a Tibetan man from the Himalayas. -
The Great Wall
Matt Damon will portray William Garin, an army general leading his Chinese troops to defend the great wall of china based in medieval times. -
New Mulan Live Action
This new movie was going to be centered around a male European trader who comes to China to defeat the film’s villain instead of the original plot which focused on a young Chinese woman disguising herself to fight in her country’s army and falling in love with her Chinese commander along the way.
