Note: Only a member of this blog may post a comment. As black person, the characters you write will naturally reflect your race and culture, you dont need to try and write for a black audience. 9455, Whitewashing v. Blackwashing: Structural Racism and Anti-Racist Praxis in Hollywood Cinema, Alyssa M. Smith, The College of WoosterFollow. I see people making anime characters Desi/ indian/ Filipino etc. There has been a lot of backlash with both whitewashing, and blackwashing, some arguments saying that one is better than the other and some saying they are both the same. Now Amazons new adaptation of Tolkiens world is coming to our screens in September: The Lord of the Rings The Rings of Power. That's crazy. Whitewashing I don't even have a headcanon. This is what the Blacktober artists know in their bones. have) that weird belief that they're somehow better than the rest of the world. is just simply weird, ridiculous, racist and unnecessary. Speak for yourself. There are hundreds of actors who are more than qualified for the role and I think its lazy. Home Movie News Black Superman Is Lazy; Detests Idris Elba In Role Says Marvel Writer, Nnedi Okorafor, a Nigerian-American writer of fantasy and science fiction for both children and adults and who has written for Marvel, states the Black Superman is a lazy sad useless idea.. White people are indigenous to Britain and Europe, and theyre entitled to have their historical stories (from the days before the largescale Asian and African immigration to Europe in the 20th century) depicted by actors of their own national ethnicities. It just does not make a whole lot of sense to me. proper representation that isnt built on stereotypes. Blackwashing is a corporate strategy designed to paint a veneer of wokeness onto the institutional image. Jodie Turner-Smith transforms into Anne Boleyn for first look at drama The Queen & Slim star, 34, transformed into the queen in a first look image at the new drama of the same name, after being cast as the first black actress to play Henry VIII's second wife. Who are you when completely stripped of everything except your soul? dont blackwash. My original post was really me trying to "get permission" to make the art I want. I think its fine if you state in the description saying: I made the character look like me because people can assume that youre changing a race of a white character simply because you dont like that they are white. Idk like sometimes I don't get it you know? I honestly don't see the issue with racebending in fanart because it doesn't harm the source material nor does it take away representation. I feel like often times, when there is good POC representation happening, it can never just be them chilling. While the story is currently being crafted and many details could change, one option under consideration is for the film to be a 20th century period piece. The very term racism applies to all skin colors. Execs are on social media and they know whats out there and sadly adding POC to media to them is like a marketing decision or something, not just adding them cause their people. White people could always freely accept roles in front of and behind the camera and could be fully human and have all their experiences represented. How much of your personality is genetic and how much is from others. A white, black, woman, mexican, monkey, cyborg and pig version of spiderman already exists and even more will be created by fans and character designers alike in time. If this is problematic, I'm sorry. Then there also Wouldnt be White Representation, Thus Meaning weve stumbled Upon a Whole new problem. What was he expecting slaves did in 12 Years a slave? One kid came up to me and said that my drawing looked wrong. Sadly, such People have the right to draw it. Do you think with this distinction one is more racist than the other or exactly equal if you think both are racist? Even her name is obviously fake. So let's turn the Peter Dinklage recently slammed the upcoming live-action Disney remake. How are we gonna evolve creatively as a species if we let a bunch of idiots dictate what's correct and what's not? You sidestep black-washing. The enslavement of coloured people by white people, however, was especially racist and Europe and the US, in a way, still profit from it. First, these are imaginary creatures which are not always clearly described in the original books Tolkien was more interested in metaphysical than biological questions. In this case that means seeing what it would look like if say, Tanjiro was designed as a black character. How is whitewashing wrong, or racist, while blackwashing isnt (despite blackwashing being practically the same thing)? It just signals that characters made by Koreans are not acceptable to the western localizers and need replaced by acceptable races. Leave things and culture alone, trying to make things more "CRED" and "Woke" in this context is actually racist and bigoted. Said the main character should still be a Black Woman, No Matter what. Anyways I don't think non POC or non black people should have or share their opinion on this. The Huffington Post's position reflects that of the mainstream media at large, whereby persons of color being cast in white roles is to be applauded, whereas whites [] And by extremely offensive I mean truly discriminating/offensive stuff, like glorifying nazism or being deliberately racist. Its making the same idiotic moves that Hollywood white washers do but in reverse. Nor do I like the idea of a female James Bond! What do you think about this conversation? blackwashing ( uncountable ) ( derogatory) The revisionist portrayal of something as belonging to a black race of people. More recently, films such as Thor, based on the superheroes from Marvel Comics show figures of Norse mythology played by black actors Idris Elba and Tessa Thompson. "The wealth of the "Western" nations and their white citizens is built on the blood, sweat and tears of coloured people. People race-bend characters because they want to see characters that look like them. Really thats all it takes, there are so many POC in the entertainment industry and not just actors, but writers, makeup artist, hair dressers, cinematographers, you name it, says Dee. fully coloured and give him or her one white parent (so that the character is I'm sure you can find tons of fan-fic where writers gender/race/age/culture bend the character to their whims (is this also racist in your definition?). Blackwashing is as bad as whitewashing. B.S./rant over. Of course its geared towards being positive within your demographic. Without any physical indication of race, Isaiah and his peer were both able to connect with the character, even though they disagreed on something irrelevant to the nature of the show. Silly me thinking that was ever true. If that character were to be played by an actor of color, there would be nothing wrong with it. I agree with you saying there isnt enough Representation of People of colour, I wont deny that, its true. Fast-forward to now: interestingly enough it is Disney and the Disney-owned . So, I went on Pinterest, and my eyes were opened to a bunch of art of my favorite characters, many of which I grew up loving, with appearances that looked like me. You speak about how there needs to be Representation and I agree with that. As I said, I just learned about this recently and Im trying to figure some things out about all of this. 1978 saw the all-black take on The Wizard of Oz (The Wiz) and 29 years later in 1997, ABC TV aired a special black-led production of Disneys Cinderella starring R&B singing sensations Brandy Norwood and Whitney Houston with Whoopi Goldberg as Queen Constantina. In my opinion, I think that they are both equally as racist. I agree that if lets say a Books Original main character was a Black Woman and They Made a Tv show or movie about it. As a popular element of 21st-century culture, fantasys issues with race, racism and white privilege are subjects the genre has not yet fully addressed. The problem with it is that That's what she's like in the story,and that's how she behaves towards me. Blackwashing, or racebending, is the act of taking an originally white character and making them black, or a person of color. the "Western" nations and their white citizens is built on the blood, Senior Lecturer in Fantasy and Children's Literature, Co-Director, Centre for Fantasy and the Fantastic, University of Glasgow, PhD Candidate in Comparative Literature, University of Glasgow. But mainly blackwashing is racist. You know, social media has a problem with "problematic" stuff. racism is a symptom of a problem: FORCING your views on others. probably do mean well, but Well-meant is not automatically well-done. Shaft is and always will be a black BAMF! So, do I find the race-bending of anime characters, or characters in general appropriate? Very interesting your opinion. But as disgruntled fans might reason, if Amazon must have a diverse cast in this drama, why not stick to having actors of colour playing the characters who are dark-skinned in Tolkiens texts? this wouldnt really work if the characters race was important to their backstory though, unless the story was altered to make sense), "Art should comfort the disturbed and disturb the comfortable", POCs have been made uncomfortable/underrepesented for far too long, and the mainstream has borrowed our culture when convenient for far too long, you do what you think is good and stand by it! Dance and party? not Blackwashing, or racebending, is the act of taking an originally white character and making them black, or a person of color. In America (euro-centric features were seen as a beauty standard that bpoc (black poc) couldn't fit. We need to fight and demand with our dollar for better representation for POC characters and show lots of love to the POC characters we have! However I know if a white woman played a black person, all hell would break lose. By essentially writing non-white people into the show, Hamilton has performed an act of "'blackwashing,' making something that was heinous seem somehow palatable by retroactively injecting diversity into it" (Nichols). When a character's race is changed from coloured to white it's whitewashing. This is just my guess but honestly is seems true. error was encountered while trying to use an ErrorDocument to handle the request. However, it is not a perfect solution to the issues of Black underrepresentation and misrepresentation in the long run. We focus on bringing you all things fun so you can plan your theme park vacation, enjoy Disney at home, and more. They only attack anything they think can be bad, with no basis nor proof. Ofc you mad. It's self-awareness that the world needs to recognize everyone and that it's OK if someone isn't portrayed as white. The server encountered an internal error or But I dont think blackwashing is right either. Africana Studies Commons, But this argument is flawed in two ways. But if a Character was originally White, They should Stay White, If a Character was originally Japanese, they should stay Japanese, if they were originally black, they should Stay Black, No questions asked. So long as you arent doing anything wrong, like drawing offensive stereotypes or fixing the character via changing their skin tone or race, you are more than fine. And some people also seem to think that white > generally need more "colour" in our culture. But what Copyright 20102023, The Conversation US, Inc. Problem is, we do see color today because the media (news, social and entertainment) is always reinforcing that we do. Blackwashing white characters is not a step forward. Why? Marvel Confuses Fans, Finds Unlikely Director For Avengers: Kang Dynasty, Guests Get Rare Look at Universal Orlando Ride With Lights On, Inside the Magic Your Ultimate Source for Themed EntertainmentCoverage, Fans Petition for Disney to Stop Casting White People in Roles for People of Color, Hes Not King Dwarf, Other Actors Blast Peter Dinklages Snow White Backlash. do invent new characters with attributes you desire, This is the essence of fanart, and there's a lot like you out there. Can you really be color blind if youre constantly noticing that a character is white and then stripping that character of its whiteness as though it were a mistake to begin with? And it WILL bite us in the backside down the line. Who does it hurt if little Jimbo junior draws a mongolian spiderman? Your email address will not be published. But race-switching is not new; way back in the 60s, TVs Batman had both 2 white (Julie Newmar, Lee Meriwether) and a black (Eartha Kitt) Catwoman characters alternating throughout the series (im not sure why they changed up) and it worked out fine because there was no social media outcry and race-baiting like there is today. The author sold the rights to The Lord of the Rings during his lifetime and signed away his right to have a substantial influence over any new adaptation. Isnt that racism prime? Reproducing this white/non-white divide along moral lines would endorse a very old fashioned and harmful equation of physical characteristics with moral choices. A Professional theme for architects, construction and interior designers Advisor Bienvenu, Fiacre Department Africana Studies Recommended Citation Smith, Alyssa M., "Whitewashing v. And part of the history of art as well. 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