Asians and other minorities not getting leading hollywood roles

                Although greatly improved from the past, the United States still has the problem of not having leading roles for Asians in movies and T.V. shows.  Many times the Asians are put in very minor roles and no opportunity to even be written in.  Even the movies such as The last Airbender, the horrible adaptation of the cartoon series, was expected to have an entire Asian cast due to the Asian themes in the show, only to have a mostly white cast that had their eyes adjusted to make them look Asian.  White-washing has been an issue so common in Hollywood, on Youtube Wong-fu productions even makes fun of it by making a parody using an Asain cast to portray a remake of “Saved by the bell”. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=if3Qsb2g8yo

                Other races do appear in film but it’s usually an all-white cast with one funny black guy.  The majority of the time Hollywood doesn’t give Asians any leading roles unless it’s in a martial arts film.  It’s sad that very talented minority actors rarely make in though and can’t find a leading role that fits their image.  Although entertainment isn’t as disrespectful to their minorities as it has in the past, *blackface*, there is a subtle idea that perhaps minorities aren’t as interesting to watch to watch or complete ignorance of how to write minority characters.  No matter what this is an issue I find very serious.