Angelique Perrin: 'When I look around at my peers in the voice-over industry, I don't see many people who look like me: Black women'
I don't know why, but I was surprised at the news that so many White actresses were playing roles of Black characters. I realize some of these characters identify as biracial, but in this country, any person with even one ancestor of Black ancestry is considered Black . We'd like to think we've evolved past the point of having actors perform in Blackface, but somehow the industry thought these casting choices were acceptable without questioning who was losing out on an opportunity.
Having a main character in a cartoon who is Black and female is rare. Leading roles for Black women are equally rare. When they do pop up, they almost always go to the top A-list Black actresses. Sanaa Lathan landed the role of Cleveland's wife. Similarly, I had several shots auditioning forbefore the roles of Huey and Riley went to Regina King. But at least I had the opportunity to audition.
What troubles me is that animation is one place where there are actually numerous roles where race does not matter. Animation is a world where we get to have fun, break rules, and take chances. But even in the fantasy worlds they create, animators rarely take the time to sprinkle in people of color in the background.
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