. The race of a voice actor doesn’t matter

. It is possible to wear yoga pants because there comfy

. You don’t need to shower everyday

. It is possible to crossdress/be gender non-conforming without being trans

. Monty Python is very overrated

  • Christian@lemmy.mlEnglish
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    3 days ago

    How is that true in a way different from other industries? I do think there’s no necessity for the race of the VA to correspond with the race of the character. That might be because I don’t have a good grasp on the arguments otherwise though.

    The argument I’ve heard in favor of VAs matching their characters is to avoid laundering white perspectives to minority characters, which would make sense if the VA didn’t have their livelihood on the line when asked to read from a script written by a cishet white man. I feel like requiring a minority do that makes no difference other than providing a cover of legitimacy for the words said.

    But as a cishet white male myself, maybe I’m mischaracterizing the argument, I’d be curious. I have asked my (racial minority) wife at one point a couple years back and she wasn’t sure.

    It’s a given that there are insensitivities in hirings, but I struggle to imagine a way in which that would be unique to voice acting specifically.

    • queermunist she/her@lemmy.ml
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      3 days ago

      How is that true in a way different from other industries?

      It is the same in other industries, the dominant race always has better employment opportunities. It’s not really specific to voice acting.

      At least in VA we are able to actually force companies to hire minorities.

      • IttihadChe@lemmy.mlEnglish
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        3 days ago

        I believe they are asking why should it matter the VA race but not the race of the person who wrote the character, or designed the character, or animated the character.

        • queermunist she/her@lemmy.ml
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          3 days ago

          The only reason it’s possible in voice acting is because actors have unions. I’d see nothing wrong with other labor unions demanding that studios hire minorities to write, design, and animate too

          We should be expanding the standard, not tearing it down.