February 26, 2013 • 80 notes • NPR

“Ultimately, the judge disagreed and decided that in general, casting is protected by the First Amendment, and that means that even if the plaintiffs were right that the show was in fact outright refusing to cast people of color… its right to do that would be protected from interference.

The judge is just saying that even if these guys are entirely right that they’re being excluded based on race, they can’t win. What ABC successfully argued in this case (which could be appealed, by the way) is that it has a First Amendment right to exclude people of color as a creative decision in the process of casting shows. The judge isn’t saying it happened and ABC isn’t admitting it happened, but the judge is agreeing with ABC that even if it happened, it’s not illegal, and that’s why the case was dismissed.

NPR’s Linda Holmes breaks down the ruling for Claybrooks v. ABC
#Lawsuit #racebending #whitewashing #the bachelor #casting discrimination
February 4, 2013 • 55 notes
SEEKING: CYNTHIA Female, 20s – 30s, Asian. (Actor can be any ethnicity-as long as she can convincingly portray Asian on stage).
a casting call from Callboard magazine for Priscilla Queen Of The Desert, as reported by Jezebel.com
#casting call #casting breakdowns #casting discrimination #casting calls #whitewashing #yellowface #racebending
October 31, 2012 • 164 notes • vontrapps
anthologyz: A crowd of Filipino men line up for a casting call at MGM Studios in 1929 for the black-and-white movie entitled The Pagan. The movie was about a son, born to a white father and a native mother, who inherited land. The casting call was looking for a short “native” types, and this photograph shows a 5-foot measuring stick used to measure their height. For decades, Filipinos were often slated for native-type and service-type roles, and were often cast as uncredited extras despite some actors being widely known in the film community. One such actor was Leon Lontoc, who was cast in more than 50 roles (Chinese boatman, steward, native, and slave) during his acting career, beginning in 1943. In the 1970s, Lontoc was cast in some popular television shows in credited roles but still as a native, aide, assistant, houseboy, and servant. during my viewership of singin’ in the rain tonight, i noticed an asian actor (leon lontoc) playing the butler who directs kathy seldon (debbie reynolds) to the hollywood party where she pops out of a cake. this is what imdb had to say about him: A barber by day, a waiter by night and a movie actor whenever he got the opportunity. Whenever he got an acting job, he would close his barber shop and put a Gone To Act sign on the door.

anthologyz:

A crowd of Filipino men line up for a casting call at MGM Studios in 1929 for the black-and-white movie entitled The Pagan. The movie was about a son, born to a white father and a native mother, who inherited land. The casting call was looking for a short “native” types, and this photograph shows a 5-foot measuring stick used to measure their height. For decades, Filipinos were often slated for native-type and service-type roles, and were often cast as uncredited extras despite some actors being widely known in the film community. One such actor was Leon Lontoc, who was cast in more than 50 roles (Chinese boatman, steward, native, and slave) during his acting career, beginning in 1943. In the 1970s, Lontoc was cast in some popular television shows in credited roles but still as a native, aide, assistant, houseboy, and servant.

during my viewership of singin’ in the rain tonight, i noticed an asian actor (leon lontoc) playing the butler who directs kathy seldon (debbie reynolds) to the hollywood party where she pops out of a cake.

this is what imdb had to say about him:

A barber by day, a waiter by night and a movie actor whenever he got the opportunity. Whenever he got an acting job, he would close his barber shop and put a Gone To Act sign on the door.

#wow they used to do this? #hollywood #racism #casting discrimination #whitewashing
April 22, 2012 • 22 notes • insidetv.ew.com

"for whatever reason, they don't come forward." yeah, right.

Entertainment Weekly: Will we ever see a bachelor or a bachelorette who is not white?
Mike Fleiss: I think Ashley is 1/16th Cherokee Indian, but I cannot confirm. But that is my suspicion! We really tried, but sometimes we feel guilty of tokenism. Oh, we have to wedge African-American chicks in there! We always want to cast for ethnic diversity, it’s just that for whatever reason, they don’t come forward. I wish they would.
Mike Fleiss explains to a reporter why after 23 seasaons there has never been a person of color as the bachelor or bachelorette. Fleiss is the creator of the ABC reality show "The Bachelor."
Last week, two African American men who auditioned for the show filed a lawsuit arguing that they and other people of color have been discriminated against in the casting process. This kind of lawsuit is very unprecedented; as far as I am aware no one has ever won a discrimination lawsuit against Hollywood before.
#The Bachelor #Mike Fleiss #Casting #Casting discrimination