Boycott Boots

You know... It's almost as if hundreds and hundreds of years of white male supremacy just wasn't enough.

 

That puts a whole new spin on the argument.

 

Unless you are getting exact genetic copies of people to portray real people, then it's all just make believe and acting to a degree, some more so than others.

Any white european actor that has ever portrayed St Nicholas or Jesus is wrong, but no one ever said they were wrong, it was completely acceptable.

 

well it annoys me if I see it , cos it means either my reactions are slow or I'd nodded off, we record everything where possible and wind the ads on as quick as poss !

 

If you boycotted every company that has a mixed race couple on their adverts you wouldn't be able to shop at many places

 

All theatrical performances require you to suspend belief, otherwise you'd just constantly be thinking "that's just Robert Downey Jr in a wig". If an actors skin colour is the one thing that hinders your enjoyment of people pretending to be someone else, then maybe the problem is within your own mind alone.

 

Therfore your point about it being a box ticking exercise is redundant.

 

Or the opposite.

 

“Sins of the fathers”, very Old Testament.

 

I find being supportive of minorities and those historically wronged by racists and misogynists to have no burden on me whatsoever. In fact I find it particularly liberating. I'd highly recommend it.

 

Weird comparisons. Malcom X and MLK were activists for the civil rights of black people. For them to be played by white people would be bizarre; the colour of their skin is paramount to their story. Similarly it would be bonkers to cast a black actor as the lead in American History X because the role is that of a white supremacist. When race is intrinsic to the narrative then the casting should reflect that, otherwise it just gets silly.

But when race has nothing to do with it, when they're just historical figures, like in the gunpowder plot or a wife of Henry XIII, I don't see how it makes any difference. Should the actor chosen have exactly the same colour hair and eyes as the person they're playing? If not, why should the colour of their skin matter?

Jesus almost certainly looked nothing like Robert Powell and Elizabeth Taylor's likeness to Cleopatra would be no closer than mine but they put in good performances. As can a black actor playing someone who was white.

 

Your two paragraphs disagree with each.other. They're all fairy stories so it's no more wrong for a European white male than a black actor playing them.

 

And I believe in equal opportunity for all in the present day, regardless of race or gender.

 

Is it just me or does the Christmas period seem to get earlier every year?

 

Not for me. I'm already through menopause.

 

Funny how nobody has an issue with all the pictures of Jesus showing him as a white fella.

 

Your opening gambit didn't come across that way.