browngirl

Do you know what what I don't get? I have read through several of these posts and the hundreds of comments and discussions with them and on this one I just skimmed because I didn't have time to really read through it as thoroughly as I liked. But one issue brought up in it reminds me of that recent scandal where they were going to replace the Asian superheroes with white actors (sorry, I'm totally blanking on the name) and how it was all about pleasing the wider audience. I DON'T GET THAT!!! How is choosing to negate someone's heritage and white-washing everything appealing to a wider audience? Whenever I see someone who has an Arabic name on a show, for example, either he is being accused of terrorism (Flying While Arab), about to commit terrorism, or there is nothing whatsoever about his culture relevant to the show. He's just a token POC who happens to have that name. I think it would be so wonderful if some show some time had a very multicultural cast (sort of like Heroes or Lost the first season(s) before they killed off almost all the POC and focused on the white characters primarily) but with a genuine desire to make everyone well-rounded and a product of where they came from as well as how they fit into the world around them. /rambling and babbling (hoping this made some sense)