Racism in the entertainment industry

[Babiole]

This is a topic that you see from time to time discussed on entertainment websites. Do you agree that racism is a problem in the entertainment industry or do you disagree?

Here are some articles I found dealing with it:
http://atlantablackstar.com/2014/02/13/10-actors-called-hollywood-racist-practices/
http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/director-warns-of-troubling-trend-of-hiring-white-people-to-tell-black-stories-8829078.html
http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ButNotTooBlack

And that's just with the black community.

Personally, I think it's a problem. I find it ridiculous how there seems to be a resentment towards having blacks in the media, especially dark-skinned blacks. The last article has a picture of how L'Oreal lightened Beyonce's skin tone for an advertisement to the point where she could pass for white. And she's already light to boot and has plenty of white features (although some are probably due to plastic surgery). The media never fails to amuse me.

[Horatio Nelson]

Eh, those weren't very compelling arguments. Especially the second one. Just because someone isn't African or "dark skinned" doesn't mean they can't tell an African story. That's a pretty lame thought in my opinion.

[Gamma Male]

Yeah, but it's getting better. Social issues take time. It's way better now than 50, 20, even 10 years ago.

[britishboy]

Really? I thought they was bending over backwards to include every colour, variation, gender and race possible

[Miserabilia]

Well it's still a problem yes.

especially dark-skinned blacks.

?? What other are there? If they are not dark skinnder are they still black?
Or are you using black to refer to anything non-white??
('_')

[Dalcourt]

Well it's still a problem yes.



?? What other are there? If they are not dark skinnder are they still black?
Or are you using black to refer to anything non-white??
('_')

Black people as in Afro Americans, Afro Caribbeans or people from any African state, come in different skin tones...(due to being mixed, their place of origin and so on)...but are all considered blacks I guess that's what he meant.

[Typhlosion]

It's not racism, it's inclination towards a certain culture/ethic. If a media producer wants to target a white population, then let the use white characters so that white people better identify themselves.

The only problem here is people not identifying themselves with other ethnicities rather than identifying with a human race.