Why do most Hollywood movies rarely have non-white people?

There are several factors that account for the lack of diversity in Hollywood, but I wanted to get a false assumption out of the way. Hollywood is not "proportionally" white when compared to the general US population. read more

here is the big one. famous actors have been acting since they were kids. so the issue might not be hollywood but people like disney casters and comercial casters who do not let people of different races get exposer due to not appealing to their market. if a non white person get exposer the started to get overexposed. races outside black, white, and spanish may also have views that prevent them from getting roles. if you are willing to throw away you heritage and culture to get roles go for it. read more

Hollywood has yet to wrap its mind around the fact that the ancient Middle East was not populated entirely by dashing white men with well-trimmed beards. It’s pretty well documented that the area was home to people with darker skin than, say, Richard Gere, Russell Crowe and Christian Bale, who’ve each taken a turn at playing a biblical hero (David, Noah and Moses, respectively). read more