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And other mistakes erika turner5/28/2023 ![]() ![]() This is troubling, considering that men of color are more often victims of crime than white men. (Or, if they’re feeling particularly gender-friendly, uneducated, street-savvy women of color.) ![]() Watch a movie or TV show set in a prison and you’ll mostly see some variation of a theme: black or Latino men, muscle-bound and menacing. “The only reason I ‘look like a real prisoner’ is because I’m black,” he said in a Vulture article for New York Magazine about offensive casting notices.Īnd judging by the portrayal of incarcerated people on television and in movies, this particular casting notice is not unique. Jonathan Braylock, an actor and co-host of the Black Men Can’t Jump (In Hollywood) podcast, who received the casting notice, has a pretty good idea. But the casting agent wasn’t looking for just anybody-no, they had a specific category of actor in mind: One who looked “like a real prisoner.” Which begs the question: What does Hollywood think a “real prisoner” looks like? ![]() The casting notice was looking for an actor to play an incarcerated person. ![]()
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