“For some of the most visible Black actors coming of age in the 1990s, it’s clear that along with the triumphs came isolation, blatant racial stereotyping and biased casting calls,” journalist Keith Murphy writes in the introduction.
Thursday, March 01, 2018
From Blackface to Bad Scripts, Former 'Token' Black Actors Open Up About Hollywood Racism
“For some of the most visible Black actors coming of age in the 1990s, it’s clear that along with the triumphs came isolation, blatant racial stereotyping and biased casting calls,” journalist Keith Murphy writes in the introduction.
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I can’t imagine how difficult and frustrating it must be to train as an actor for your whole life, dedicate your career to doing something you love and simultaneously trying to make a living out of it, only to be cast as a flat, “token” character simply because of your race. The anecdote from Tangi Miller in the article stuck out to me in particular-- I’ve read a lot recently about how white makeup artists and hairstylists especially don’t tend to take the time to learn how to style black hair or use makeup that works with darker skin tones, and are so often unequipped to do their job. These kinds of lackluster attempts to be “inclusive” in the entertainment industry simply by having one black character is lazy and uninteresting. When we choose to pigeonhole or continuously write one whitewashed narrative we neglect to bring so many critically important and interesting stories to the stage, screen, etc.
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