Too Many Minorities, says Nellie Andreeva

I have found yet another person who does not like seeing non-white characters on screen. In her article, Nellie Andreeva claims that TV shows today have too many actors of color and are putting white actors out of work. She says that Hollywood casting directors have "ethnic quotas" to fill, and that they don't care about an actor's talent, only their skin color. First off, while there are several shows from this year that have the lead role played by a person of color, they are only a handful compared to how many other shows—even recent ones—have a white main character. Even with new shows like Empire, Black-ish, and Fresh Off the Boat, each of which have a considerable amount of ethnic characters, Caucasian actors still have a huge majority in TV shows and movies.

Cast of Empire

Cast of Black-ish

Cast of Fresh Off the Boat

Secondly, Andreeva is trying to scare her readers with the loaded term "ethnic quota," when in reality, there's nothing bad about it at all. Casting directors who actually give a damn about showing accurate representation different ethnicities will look at the percentages of the populations of each race in the area in which their show takes place, and they will try to reflect those numbers through the actors they cast.

And thirdly, why is Nellie Andreeva even complaining about this? Why should she care that there are more non-white lead actors on the small screen? It's not like she's implying that actors of color are less talented as white actors. Oh wait, she totally is. She states that "because of the sudden flood of roles for ethnic actors after years of suppressed opportunities for them, the talent pool of experienced minority performers—especially in the younger range—is pretty limited." This is a very subtle but extremely racist assumption that young non-white actors are just not as capable as their white counterparts at their job. Really? Tell that to Tyler James Williams, Aubrey Plaza, and Brenda Song.