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[-] LouNeko@lemmy.world 24 points 3 months ago

My issue is that we are pairing nationality with skin color or ethnicity here. Those are not mutually exclusive. There are 2nd or 3rd generation Asians immigrants in Mexico, just as there are Mexicans living in Ireland, and Irish people in India, etc.. Somebody could be a fully integrated national but not part if the nations major ethnicity. Even saying AFRICAN-American is kind of pointless, like it matters where your grand-grand-grand-grand-parents came from. They're as much American as anybody else. We don't call everybody else European-American for comparison.

[-] Maggoty@lemmy.world 6 points 3 months ago

In movies meant to be historically accurate though it would be very weird to switch things up. Especially when so much was based on appearance at certain times.

[-] seejur@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Tbh I'm perfectly fine with other races picking up any roles, except for historical movies.

Another thing on historical movies that irk me to no end is the perfect posh English for every effing Roman or Greek movies

[-] Death_Equity@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

Somewhat relevant to your second point, I don't like it when they speak English and it doesn't make sense.

Breaking Bad bothered me so much with how often the native Spanish speakers were talking in English, while in Mexico, with other native Spanish speakers. It isn't like they didn't allow Spanish in the show, there was a fair amount, they just arbitrarily decided that the scenes where it made the most sense to speak Spanish that English was the right language.

[-] Malfeasant@lemm.ee 1 points 3 months ago

AFRICAN-American

Well, that started out as a euphemism for "black" because some people decided that made them uncomfortable... Of course in the literal sense, Elon Musk is African American, even though everyone knows that's not what's intended...

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