Part Blackish, Zero% Poorish

[ucbalumnus]

@anomander

If we expand it non-white roles in general, it’s a huge list. This was why “Crazy Rich Asians” was such a big deal in the Asian-American community. Because OMG actual Asians playing the roles of Asian characters! Who came up with that crazy idea!

However, Crazy Rich Asians had its own casting controversies:
[url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crazy_Rich_Asians_(film)#Casting_criticism]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crazy_Rich_Asians_(film)#Casting_criticism[/url]