Matches in DBpedia 2016-04 for { ?s ?p "Whitewashing is referred to the casting practice in western media in which white actors are cast in historically nonwhite character roles. The film industry in the United States has a history of frequently casting white actors for roles involving persons of color; the practice is as old as the film industry. The BBC said African Americans \"have long felt the full brunt of the 'whitewashing' of roles\" and that Asians have experienced it as well.The converse of whitewashing is seen as non-traditional casting, where non white actors fill the roles of historically white characters."@en }
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- List_of_films_featuring_whitewashed_roles abstract "Whitewashing is referred to the casting practice in western media in which white actors are cast in historically nonwhite character roles. The film industry in the United States has a history of frequently casting white actors for roles involving persons of color; the practice is as old as the film industry. The BBC said African Americans \"have long felt the full brunt of the 'whitewashing' of roles\" and that Asians have experienced it as well.The converse of whitewashing is seen as non-traditional casting, where non white actors fill the roles of historically white characters.".