Hollywood's Has a Racial Diversity Problem

*Note: this whole post is somewhat very opinionated and you may not have the same opinion as me so this is a warning

If you had a childhood, you're probably familiar with Disney. Back in the day, there were black and white cartoons of Mickey Mouse and the gang (the most famous one is Mickey driving a steamboat). But some people don't know that Walt Disney himself was a Nazi sympathizer and had a far right-winged political stance. It's also not a secret that some Disney cartoons back in the day were very controversial .. but what about Disney today?

Just a few days ago I saw the newest Disney movie Big Hero 6 which is based on the original Marvel comic (p.s. if you didn't know: Disney owns Marvel now yay). I've personally have read the comic before seeing the movie and of course I saw some  differences. The plot changed and a few characters were gone and new ones were added but I didn't really mind. 

What really got me irritated was the racial changes and the setting change.

Original Big Hero 6 comic by Marvel

In the comic, the entire storyline is set in Tokyo, Japan. Everyone is Japanese. But for some reason, Disney decided to make the main character and his older brother (who doesn't exist in the comic, he is an added character in the movie) half Caucasian and half Japanese. Not only that, but the whole friend group went from all Japanese people to two Caucasians, one African-American, and some Asian girl. 

Plus, they changed the original setting of the story into this sort of blend of Tokyo and San Francisco calling it San Fransokyo.

"San Fransokyo:  mix of the east and west" ... sigh

San. Fransokyo.

Really, Disney? Really? 

Look, I'm all up for diversity. I love diversity. But what really grinds my gears is that there was literally no point in changing the races or setting whatsoever. It seems as if Hollywood white-washes POC characters to get more media attention. Also, why the heck did they combine

Disney's BH6

SF and Tokyo together? I mean, it would've been totally fine if they just changed the setting of the story to SF but for some reason they were like "Hey, you know what we should do? Combine SF and Tokyo together so we don't seem as bad after changing the ethnicities of the characters!!!!" Nope. Disney, you still look bad. 

This isn't even the first movie that has done this. The movie "21" was based on a true story about MIT students. Guess what??? Those students were Asian-American!!! Guess who the people in the movie were? Caucasians!!! 


Maybe that's why there aren't that many famous minority actors in Hollywood: because they're preventing any to become famous in the first place!!! 

One day, maybe in the near future, I hope to see more minorities on the big screen. Not in dumb roles like "the typical Asian nerd" or "the black guy that dies first in horror movies". I want actual roles, like the main character being POC. Maybe one day. I can only dream.