If you feel like the conversation about Hollywood whitewashing isn't losing steam,Lily LaBeau Archives that's because it isn't -- and shouldn't. Audiences (and non-white entertainers) are more frustrated than ever with antiquated casting methods, and demand -- nay, deserve better.
Michele Selene Ang, who appears in Netflix's 13 Reasons Why as the popular and admired Courtney Crimsen, recently rocked a t-shirt calling out Hollywood A-listers who perpetuate this problematic practice.
SEE ALSO: The 8 main excuses Hollywood uses for racially insensitive casting – and why they're BSThe shirt simply reads "Scarlett & Emma & Tilda & Matt"; Scarlett Johansson, for Ghost in the Shell, Emma Stone for Aloha, Tilda Swinton for Doctor Strange, and Matt Damon as the white hero in Asian ensemble film The Great Wall.
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The shirt elicited an immediate response online, including shoutouts to Ang and 13 Reasons Whyfor its casting and thrilling support of her direct opposition to how Hollywood can treat race.
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Ang herself, as a trained actor and musician, is an example of why casting directors should cast on merit, without a picture in their minds that typecasts the character's race.
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