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intheflow

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13. Not to mention, Khan is an Indian name.

Reply to exboyfil (Reply #5)

Tue Feb 15, 2022, 11:27 PM

Feb 2022

Montelbam and Cumberbatch are two examples of white men being cast as a POC. I can forgive TOS for casting him, because it was the ‘60s and that’s how tv was; ditto in reprising the role in the ‘80s. But to cast a Brit as an Indian character? Absolute culturally tone deaf casting in the 21st century.

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