"But we already have a black person," or, "An inside view of why television is so blindingly white"

For those of you who haven't been reading the journals in question, there is a conversation going on that started with a post about a panel on cultural appropriation at Wiscon, and spun into a number of heated debates circulating around that and related topics. Here's a round-up of links.

Cut for people who are sick of all this. Contains juicy details of how casting is done for American TV.

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"But we already have a black person," or, "An inside view of why television is so blindingly white"

For those of you who haven't been reading the journals in question, there is a conversation going on that started with a post about a panel on cultural appropriation at Wiscon, and spun into a number of heated debates circulating around that and related topics. Here's a round-up of links.

Cut for people who are sick of all this. Contains juicy details of how casting is done for American TV.

( Read more... )