Japanese reaction to Scarlett Johansson in Hollywood adaptation of Ghost in the Shell

or just you know do whatever the hell you want. look at the attack on titan live action, they casted all asians for a variety of characters that were originally other races if I remember correctly. nobody should care. the only people that care are people getting offended on behalf of people that aren't

Japan doesn't have racial diversity, especially since they've always been so isolated from foreigners. I'm not sure if there are any non-Asian actors in Japan. So of course no one there would complain.

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Good example of an exception to this is some native Americans, specifically Oklahoma Cherokees. A lot of us don't want outsiders to know anything about us and somehow think it's ok to then get mad when we are depicted horribly wrong.

Anime characters tend to look White even if they're not and they like accuracy.

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Like how there's weeaboos here in America, people in Japan are sort of fond of Western countries, since they're exotic and cool. They see asian actors all the time in their media, so it's not surprising that they'd be pretty okay with seeing a non-asian actor as the lead in the adaptation, especially one that's pretty famous.

It wasn't just white people. The most famous picture I've seen about that is what looks to be an Indian chick holding up a sign at a Japanese woman. It was all the sjws who act as if they're holier than thou

You are right, ultimately. I suppose I was using short-hand. Most of the people I know (who work in the industry and were questioning curatorial decisions regarding the exhibit) were white. And then I saw the explosion of the incident on the internet. What was really heartening, though, was the way the public really was able to see through the controversy and be enthusiastic about the narrative presented and the opportunity to celebrate Japanese culture!

From what I've seen, most people outside of America are happy to share their culture. Hell, apparently Japanese people don't even care if westerners alter kimonos because they do it too. The only real people that seems to have issues with it are people in America, and usually people who have little to no connection to the place their race is from. Like I've seen a bunch of black people on Tumblr get mad from dreads and stuff but then they all go and celebrate " African culture " when there's hundreds of cultures in Africa, where they've never been to, which means they're culturally appropriating hard if someone going to a country and offered something is considered doing it.