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Originally Posted by Livia
Racism is about intent not about making people walk on eggshells over something that's obviously not meant to be an insult.
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I completely agree with this
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Originally Posted by JoshBB
The movie is clearly using a white actor to perpetuate exaggerated asian stereotypes, so is it appropriate in 2015? No. It's racist point blank.
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Why is the fact that it's a white actor important though? Surely the whole point of acting is that they're portraying someone who isn't them, so why should they have to be same nationality? If the movie itself is racist then that's a different matter but I disagree with the principle that if a character is asian they HAVE to pick an asian actor, regardless of who is best for the role, because that is positive discrimination, which is still discrimination.