Talk:Whitewashing in film

Another example

It's a stamp, but [1] - and there are others philatelic examples of 're-assignment.' 86.191.125.215 (talk) 14:26, 13 March 2017 (UTC)

Can we...

...stop taking words that already have widespread and accepted meanings and given them new meanings? this isnt like a word gradually changing over time. now I cant use whitewash to describe painting over the faults of something or saying I completely trounced you at something. unless you mean minorities are the faults being painted over. I dunno. at least it isn't an ugly or inelegant portmanteau. fuck you internet. AMassiveGay (talk) 14:44, 13 March 2017 (UTC)

I dunno. Are we linguistic prescriptivists? At some point or another, common usage adds or changes the meanings of words. You can place some arbitrary threshold of usage before which you perceive those changes to be insurrection against language itself and after which you consider them iron-clad laws of communication, but what you're asking is probably too much for a wiki to do. ikanreed ^{You probably didn't deserve that} 15:03, 13 March 2017 (UTC)

So - what word should be used? 82.44.143.26 (talk) 17:05, 13 March 2017 (UTC)

I dunno. does it necessarily need a specific name. how about racial replacement? AMassiveGay (talk) 17:43, 13 March 2017 (UTC)

Perhaps a broader category - as the stamps person above suggests - could also include European Jesus. 82.44.143.26 (talk) 19:43, 13 March 2017 (UTC)

White saviour

Could this page be used to talk about the white saviour trope with regards to appropriation of (usually Asian) culture in media such as The Great Wall and Iron Fist, or would that get its own page? Or put on another existing page? Or just ignored entirely? BT383 (talk) 12:25, 28 March 2017 (UTC)

Not really sure where that would fit. I guess a broader "controversies in film" page, I dunno. Also, The Great Wall was actually produced by the Chinese and from what I've heard of it it's kinda reversed, the white dudes are there mostly for western appeal and aren't really the saviors of the movie (they just stand back in awe of Chinese superiority, naturally). Not sure if it's the best example. Hentropy (talk) 22:14, 30 March 2017 (UTC)

Does having an Hispanic ancestor qualify one to be called non-white?

Alicia Nash (née Lardé Lopez-Harrison), looks pretty white to me. A somewhat strange standard seems to be in use. Also, why do fictional characters need to be faithfully copied in cinematic enactments? Shouldn't that be the choice of the creator of the work in question?Ariel31459 (talk) 21:30, 23 January 2018 (UTC)

Was Motoko even intended to be Japanese anyway?

I read this article and apparently, the publisher seems surprisingly cool with it, lol. So does she stil count? Because I don't think so. K0rnsbl0d^{Let the galaxy burn!"Kill!Maim!Burn!"} 21:11, 12 May 2018 (UTC)