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TheD0rkKnight t1_jbpunwy wrote

I have nothing against it personally, but why is it okay for other races to be cast for a white role (disclaimer: I’m not white), but when a white person plays a non-white role (like the Simpsons cast, for example) people are “offended”?

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Mikey_MiG t1_jbq3c16 wrote

The issue that most people have isn’t that voice actors can only voice characters that are the same race as they are. The issue is that in an industry that is predominantly white, even the few POC roles that exist often go to white actors.

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OneGoodRib t1_jbq81dk wrote

The voice over industry is predominantly white, but none of these people are voice actors.

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khanfusion t1_jbu49bh wrote

Bruh did you really just say Stephen Root and Amy Sedaris aren't voice actors.

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OneGoodRib t1_jbq7x6a wrote

I'm still wondering why if a character is biracial, it's not okay for a whole white person to play the part, but it IS okay for a whole black person to play the part.

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zhurrick t1_jbqqzxk wrote

Because if you're multiracial you will most likely look like or be treated like a person of colour. It would be strange to have a white actor play Obama, for example.

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Try_Another_Please t1_jbq1qo2 wrote

The secret is no one really cares about that either. Most of it has been voice actors voluntarily stepping down.

I dont think just about any regular person cares.

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JerkyBreathIdiot t1_jbpv2pd wrote

That was my first thought too. Like isn’t this supposed to be racist now?

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JoachimG t1_jbpvpj2 wrote

Or they will change Betty and Bam bam

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LabeSonofNat t1_jbpy3k7 wrote

I think they’ll change Betty and Bam Bam’s skin tones and it makes sense because I think Bam Bam was adopted in the original canon.

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NGNSteveTheSamurai t1_jbq23sf wrote

Because white actors aren’t underrepresented in media. Now can people stop asking this question?

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TheD0rkKnight t1_jbqcahj wrote

God forbid someone ask a reasonable question without some internet troll with anger issues barking at them

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Maybe_In_Time t1_jbqhiyp wrote

Because you're the 10th person commenting something like this every. single. time someone's character (whose race is NOT important to the character itself) is cast this way.

Yet all of you always 'innocently' start with, "not that it bothers me or anything...'.

Yes. It clearly does, otherwise why bring it up? When minorities and POC are told to 'stick' to our 'own' characters, those characters are either never brought to live-action/ production anyways, or they're voiced by a white person which defeats the purpose of telling us to find 'our own'.

Bane in The Dark Knight Rises? Makes sense to cast a white British dude with an Irish accent to play the Panamanian. Or John Voight in Anaconda.

Natalie Woods played the Puerto Rican lead in West Side Story, yet the actual latina was demoted up being the sidekick. Scarlet Johansson in Ghost In The Shell? Emma Stone playing an Asian lead? So whose role CAN minorities play?

This is where the frustration comes from - decades of having scraps thrown at animators, writers, and voice actors, then when they see a series or character is famous, they'll cash in with celebrities instead of established voice actors. Peter Dinklage was an embarrassing decision by Bungie - ended up having to replace him with a voice actor who is already doing this for a living.

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