White people can't play Mulan! 30,000 people petition against Hollywood's racial discrimination

Since Disney announced that it would film a live-action version of "Mulan", casting has become the most concerned issue for fans. Given that the mainstream market of the film is still in the United States, some fans are worried that Disney will choose a white actress to play Mulan. On the famous social networking site Care2, a petition titled "Tell Disney You Don't Want to See a White Mulan" received joint support from more than 30,000 people in just two days .

The petition reads: "The current trend of white people dominating commercial blockbusters must not appear in Mulan." White actresses still occupy an absolute dominant position in Hollywood commercial blockbusters. For the sake of cultural diversity, many fans increasingly hope to see actors of different races in the film - especially since Disney's various "princesses" are still mainly white. It is not easy for the Chinese princess "Mulan", who represents the yellow race, to appear on the big screen as the heroine. The story also focuses on classical Chinese folk legends. Fans hope to respect the original work and invite Asian movie stars to play the role .

The petitioners' concerns mainly stem from the fact that DreamWorks cast Scarlett Johansson in "Ghost in the Shell," a film based on a Japanese manga by Masamune Shirow, set in Japan, but the heroine, Motoko Kusanagi, was played by an American actress . Hollywood has always had a tradition of "letting white people play all kinds of people," such as Audrey Hepburn's 1961 film "Breakfast at Tiffany's," in which American actor Mickey Rooney played Hepburn's Asian neighbor. In last year's "Pharaohs and Gods," the famous Middle Easterner Moses was played by British actor Christian Bale.

The petition also wrote: "If white people are cast, no matter what the reason, it will have a serious negative impact on the film, the audience and even the entire actor ecosystem." Critics said that this practice of letting white people play all races not only makes the film unrealistic, but also shows racial discrimination. According to relevant statistics, in 2013, Asian actors only accounted for 4.4% of the total number of roles in Hollywood movies, while white actors accounted for 75% of the roles, black actors accounted for 14%, and Latin American actors accounted for 5%.

Disney has not yet responded to the petition.