Part Blackish, Zero% Poorish

I guess you’ve never seen the opera Otello?

just one example and running back for ages.

Angelina Jolie as Mariane Pearl
Joseph Fiennes as Michael Jackson
Laurence Olivier as Othello

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]