Chinese movies only had Chinese actors, and Indian movies only had Indian actors.

Why aren't the racial minorities of these respective countries given equal representation in the media? I mean, to me this is just a glaring example of Chinese and Indian privilege.  

Post edited at 2:13 am on April 6, 2008 by lemon sunrise

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So China and India are xenophobic countries?

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No... they just don't have the selection we do. Not to mention the fact that they aren't ridiculous about forcing equal opportunity. The producers make the movies they want, not the movies the government tells them to make.

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Not to mention the fact that they aren't ridiculous about forcing equal opportunity.

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Racists?

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Now that I think about it, I don't really see too many turks in the Chinese shows that I watch.

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And I doubt you would unless the film's setting was in Xinjiang.  The Turks, as a concentrated minority in China, would only make sense to show if you want to give the viewers an impression of where the area is.

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India and China are not as multicultured as Western countries.

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As ridiculous as the quote may sound, it's true.  Foreign minorities in China (not talking about the Manchus, Tibetans, Turks, Mongolians, Vietnamese, Koreans, etc.) are relatively rare in China compared to most western countries.  And it makes sense, too - after all, why migrate to China when you can migrate to the US, UK, or Australia?  As GDP per capita improves (assuming that it's fairly evenly distributed among the population - hence the Chinese people becoming more prosperous as a whole), you're going to see immigration issues tense up.  Unless the Chinese set up Japanese style immigration policies or just don't up with bullshit, watch them cry about the same shit with minorities being overly represented in film in 50 years.