Why Race-Swapped Characters are Not the Whole Story | READUS 101

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Why Race-Swapped Characters are Not the Whole Story || The debate of race swapping popular characters, also known as racebending, and making an original character instead has been a hot debate among fandoms for years and has made it into modern media. However, what seems to be the main problem when it comes to race swapped and original characters is the amount of thought and concern from those who create them for film and television. And those race swapped characters in question are usually white creators.

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00:00 Introduction
07:54 What Does It Take?
13:29 A Case of Cops & Robbers
27:52 Do (Not) Steal
35:56 Conclusion

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