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Hollywood Whitewashing: 16 Times White Actors Played Minority Characters

9. Angelina Jolie in A Mighty Heart

In 2007’s A Mighty Heart, Angelina Jolie not only took on the role of playing a character with a mixed descent, but she darkened her skin to do so. She was playing the French journalist Mariane Pearl who has a Jewish Dutch father and Cuban mother of Afro-Chinese-Cuban descent. This drew ire from the ethnic community, who thought the role would have been more authentically served by an actress of color (although, what color would satisfy them in this case of such a mixed background?). Mariane Pearl herself said, “I’m delighted Angelina Jolie will be playing my role. I deeply admire her work.”

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