eronthebender:

candysketch:

fandomshatepeopleofcolor:

thealogie:

white actors: dropped out of school to pursue acting, told a joke once, got discovered  and starred in a blockbuster

actors of colour: attended tisch julliard rada, studied acting for years, did othello, joined a theatre “for people of their ethnicity”, did hamlet, auditioned for everything, did macbeth, won prestigious theatre award that no one cares about, got their big break delivering one line in a blockbuster

Actors of color: still got to change their names to get good roles

Actors of color: have to accept stereotypical roles or bastardise their own cultures

Actors of color: have to wait while white actors tell them to “wait for their turn” because there’s always something more important to do before hiring them

Actors of color: get their careers destroyed over the smallest things while white actors get 2 million second chances

White actors: “yeah I was standing near a truck and some guy told me ‘you look hot, hired’ and now im a millionaire”.

Actors of color: have roles meant for them get taken by white people and get told “why does race matter? the actor with the most talent should get it”
Actors of Color: have roles that SHOULD be for them but have casting descriptions looking for only white people and are turned away when they audition for them
Actors of Color: struggle to find a role not looking for specifically white people
White Actors: “oh yeah, i just got offered this role for a character with a japanese name for this adaptation of an anime and i couldnt pass it up, you know? Lol”

Actors of Color: Finally gets a big break as a major role for a well loved franchise. Has to spend the entire time hearing how people hate their character for the flimsiest reasons, has to listen to people say a white character with only limited screen time is a better character than they are.

Actors of Color: have their character written or killed off for no reason on a show/movie they love and when they see a chance for their character to return clears everything they were doing, offers to work crazy hours and begs to come back. Gets told “Oh we can’t fit you in cause of our scheduling conflicts” or “Well you left during shooting for a scene your character wasn’t a part of cause your grandma died so no we moved on”.

White Actor: “I always hated the show, the director, and left in the middle of shooting 3 years ago with no warning even though I’m a major character because I wanted to work on a totally different project. I’m also booked for the next year and a half on a different project but they said they can work around that. and I thought ‘what the hell its a reunion/season finale and even though my character arc is resolved it could be fun to fuck around on set.