Racist Attacks on a Black Female Who Earns a Supposedly "White" Role Are About Excellence, Not Canon

Racist Attacks on a Black Female Who Earns a Supposedly “White” Role Are About Excellence, Not Canon...

What is happening to Leah Jeffries, who just got a role in “Percy Jackson,” is not new...

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Six years ago, Zendaya went through it when Marvel chose her to play MJ...

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It happened to Celina Smith when she played Annie in NBC’s “Annie Live!”

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