Marvel should not whitewash characters(Mandarin and Ancient One)
You have to acknowledge your double standards here, if you're being intellectual honest. You're saying it's alright for Marvel to change the race of any white character, but not to make any minority character being white? Heimdol, Elektra, Ben Urich were all racially changed. If you're mad that Marvel didn't stick to the race of those original characters, you should also carry that attitude to ALL of the characters recasted with different races, otherwise it's a racist sentiment that it's alright to do because white representation for these characters don't matter. Also, how the FLYING HELL is Ben Kingsley only considered a white guy? His father is of Kenyan race, but I guess you only focus on the white part to justify your argument.
Here is the argument about the problems of adapting the race of The Ancient One from the mouth of the screenwriter:
https://youtu.be/eEpbUf8dGq0?t=17m54s Diversity is good to have, but to make the forefront of the argument for a character is plain dumb rather than focusing on the actor themselves.
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Thenewnexus
8 years ago
Not really a double standard,there are not many nonwhite characters around so its important not to whitewash them.Heimdall is minor and Urich was killed off. Most of the white characters races that are changed are minor or reccuring characters,not many main white characters races are changed, you brought Elektra,that's one character.
I know Kingsley is half indian but he is considered a white guy in hollywood,if he was seen as Indian you would have a fair point.
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