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“Casting actors in movies on talent alone regardless of skin colour may be motivated by the best of intentions but this practice has two main drawbacks. The first is that it compromises stories that are explicitly about race. If skin colour is presented as an unproblematic ‘norm’ then there can never be a convincing point of tension over this issue. Secondly, this kind of casting renders a story inaccurate from a socio-historical perspective. It undermines any ‘truth’ a film wants to convey because racism is effectively erased from the historical record.”
― Martin Raybould