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TopicJulia Roberts suggested by studio executive to play Harriet Tubman
Bass_X0
11/20/19 4:25:28 PM
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https://cheezburger.com/9763333/internet-reacts-to-julia-roberts-portraying-harriet-tubman

https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/news.sky.com/story/amp/julia-roberts-was-first-choice-to-play-abolitionist-harriet-tubman-11865490

A white woman to play a real life black woman whose race is an important part of her identity.

It was so long ago. Nobody is going to know the difference, he reportedly said.

just another example that studio executives really dont care about actors not looking like the characters they would be portraying. Nobody should even be thinking it wise for a white person to play a black person, let alone actually say it out loud or online.
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