You know what I find contradicting?

Then that just proves my point. These casting choices are not at all for diversity. If people are okay with seeing a more light skinned biracial actress playing MJ, it defeats the purpose of their "diversity is good, stop being racist" argument. They contradict themselves and it makes them look like hypocrits. Its like they are saying, a darker african american woman has no capability of pulling off a role like this, so let's turn up the notch on the color. If to them, "the color of someone's skin has no effect at all on their acting skills", why wouldn't they be okay with a full african american actress to play MJ, instead of a biracial actess?

I know it seems like I am making a big deal out of this, but so do most of these people who don't like when someone disagrees with a casting decision. I know by now you might have heard the news that Spider-man was photographed swinging with a redhead in some new set photos. This makes me more skeptical and most likely debunks those rumors. Who knows, maybe she's just a random citizen that Spidey rescues OR they already casted Mary Jane, and they want to leave WHO they casted as a surprise in the end or as an after credit scene. I think I like the second theory better.

Queens and all of New York City is now an incredibly diverse place where a lot of people mix and have bi-racial babies.

With that being said, that doesn't mean the main characters of Spider-man have to change race. You're in Queens, NY, it's diverse, we get it. Is that really the best reason to change things up? Like I said, It's easy to just introduce a new character OR like I mentioned, and you probably ignored that part, use characters that already exist and can be brought to the big screen for the first time. I don't see no reason for Zendaya to be White Tiger, that would be something different that we haven't seen before on the big screen. Another example is Tiffany Espensen who looks like she is playing a character named Cindy. Could they be referencing Cindy Moon/ Silk? That I am excited for because we have never seen Silk in live action before. I could be wrong though, just like I could be wrong about going on this rant. For all we know, Zendaya probably isn't playing MJ.

There is some evidence that contradicts that rumor. They released some photos not too long ago that showed Spidey swinging with a redhead. It could be referencing MJ or it could be just another by-stander. The point i'm trying to make is that it basically debunks the rumors. To me, the photos look like Peter is swinging with a stunt double. Could that mean that they will reveal MJ in the end? Also, most stunt doubles resemble their actor counterparts, so it's likely that they already have an actress casted for MJ and they will reveal the identity at the end or in an after credits scene.

Let's start off with the basics. Am I upset that the Ancient One is a white female instead of an Asian actor? Yes and No. I'm upset that this opportunity of a lifetime that could have gone to an unknown or fairly known Asian actor was instead handed off to Tilda Swinton (who btw, I find her to be a splendid actress, I recommend you check out Hail, Caeser!, she was one of the best parts of that movie). The reason I am wouldn't be upset with her playing The Ancient One is because

1. She is a marvelous (no pun intended!😉) actress and I love it when she shows up in any movie, especially when it's a surprise.
2. I don't have any knowledge on Doctor Strange as far as comic books go, so too me, only because she is a good actres, I agree with this casting. (FYI Ive never read Doctor Strange comics, so it doesn't affect me much)
3. Unlike Tilda Swinton, Zendaya hasn't really proved she has the acting chops. Let me ask you, besides the Shake It Up! show and KC Undercover, where else have you seen Zendaya appear? Any movies? (This also applies to Jacob Batalon who is playing a key character Ned Leeds and Laura Harrier who is playing Liz Allan. I've never seen them before in any movies.)

I am aware that nowadays everything is diverse and we're seeing a lot of people of different races take on different roles. For example, that actress from the Flash show who plays Iris West, originally white in the comics, I believe? (Never seen Flash, just what I hear on the internet). The thing with that is, I get that they are in Queens and everything is diverse, but they have already established that.

You're in Queens, NY and you have people of all different colors and races, it is understandable. Does that automatically mean it makes sense to suddenly switch up the races of established characters simply because of their surroundings? In my opinion, the fact that they are surrounded by a diverse community shouldn't influence the main casting decisions simply because of where they are located. When people imply that idea, that automatically means that just because any story takes place in a certain part of the world, the actors and actresses have to reflect that world.

How many movies have you seen where a group of American tourists visit other locations of the world such as Mexico? Does the fact that the movie is taking place in Mexico mean that more than 75% cast should reflect the culture and cast more hispanic actors instead of white, black or asian actors?

Here's an example: There's a movie that came out last year named Sicario where these FBI agents cross over to Mexico to stop the killings and murders of innocent civilians. The movie has a great cast such as Emily Blunt, Josh Brolin, Benicio Del Toro, Jon Bernthal, Daniel Kaluuya, Jeffrey Donovan and etc.

Since it takes place in Mexico, it's obvious the majority of the film will have Mexican citizens. Here's my point, of the above actors that I mentioned, how many do you think are Hispanic or of Mexican heritage? If I had to make a guess, I would say only 1. Is that really a diverse cast judging by the location that this movie took place in? There's at least one African American actor in there. The movie was EXCELLENT.

If according to you, the cast of Spiderman should reflect the location they are in, how come there wasn't more Hispanic actors in Sicario? As far as MAIN actors,( you know, the main guy that has the chops,) they have only one, Benicio Del Toro. This takes place in Mexico, so why not have more Mexican actors or actors of Hispanic heritage on that roster?

Diversity sometimes works well in some movies, but NOT all movies. This is a superhero/comic book movie, not a propaganda experiment where you just stick in different actors of different races in questionable roles so you can stray away from the actual plot of the film and make it as obvious as possible what subliminal message you're trying to feed the audience. If they really want to make a film to promote diversity, there's always those Tyler Perry movies and the Asian kung fu action movies, don't stick it in an odd place like a Superhero movie. A superhero movie that for the record is already part of a shared universe that hasn't ONCE touched on the subject of diversity.

The same thing goes for people that wanted to change every single character's sexuality. First, make sure it's relevant where you want to spread that message and then we'll talk. Don't just go out and start controversy like past news stories where GLAAD wanted Captain America to have a boyfriend and the Star Wars movies to explore every character's sexuality. What is crazy about that is, They have already been established. I don't mind seeing lgbt characters, but make a new character, don't just randomly select any character you want knowing that there's other people with opinions that have grown up with rich knowledge of these characters, have looked up to them, and all of a sudden they have to accept whatever illogical and out of place changes because one person got offended at what they did or didn't see up on the big screen. That's very selfish and inconsiderate.

That is where I stand on this and I have nothing against LGBT people, love is love, but one thing I just can't make any sense out of is changing whatever you like because some people are too sensitive. If that were the case, I would have started petitions a LONG time ago to completely cancel movies such as Ghostbusters or the new Jumanji.