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ConnorMc1eod t1_iuasprj wrote

Reply to comment by GenericAustin in Opinion | ‘House of the Dragon’ and ‘The Rings of Power’ Both Use Diverse Casting. One of Them Does It Better. by Solid_Rice

I mean, every single show/ip in the US has a black dude in it these days and they are ~6-7% of the population. It's not just a UK thing. Working with a lot of East Asians many of them are surprised when they come here and find so many more white people.

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Chlodio t1_iub7e06 wrote

USA has two times as many Latinos as afro-Americans, yet from watching Hollywood movies you would be led to believe the opposite.

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sambalaya t1_iuccxl5 wrote

Would love a citation because this isn’t true

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sambalaya t1_iuccrdz wrote

Do you just make up statistics?

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ConnorMc1eod t1_iud2az0 wrote

?

Black Americans are ~12% of the US, presumably half of them are male.

What statistic did I make up?

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sambalaya t1_iudk59v wrote

I own my mistake because I did not see “dude” and thought you were stating 6% as a whole

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