Whitewashed cover art
- Whitewashed cover art (SF)
- Ursula K. Le Guin's Earthsea books, e.g., "The first British Wizard was this pallid, droopy, lily-like guy -- I screamed at the sight of him."[1]
- Dawn by Octavia Butler (early edition)
- Magic Under Glass by Jaclyn Dolamore (Bloomsbury , 2010 preliminary edition)
- Liar by Justine Larbalestier (Bloomsbury 2010 edition)
Further reading
- Jezebel
- Jezebel (Liar)
- Nora K. Jemison, "Boycott? No, thanks." (blog, 2010/01/23)
- Justine Larbalestier, "Ain't That A Shame", (blog, 2009/07/23)
- N. K. Jemison, "the art and science of book covers" (blog, 2009/04/30)
Other examples
- Non-SF
- School Library Journal, 2010/01/26, about whitewashing of The Mysterious Benedict Society books (children's books)
- Movies & Other Media
- Earthsea mini-series based on Ursula K. Le Guin's books; see especially Ursula K. Le Guin's article on slate.com about this: "A Whitewashed Earthsea: How the Sci Fi Channel Wrecked My Books.", Slate, 2004/12/16. Elsewhere: The miniseries was "roundly booed and deserves to die a quiet death... Everybody was white except for one black man. It was a travesty."[2]
- MIT Blackjack Team -- Asian -- whitewashed in movie 21 (not SF)
- M. Night Shyamalan's adaptation of Avatar: The Last Airbender
- Actors / Models
- Elle 2011 January cover: Indian actress Aishwarya Rai Bachchan's skin is greatly lightened, and her hair is reddened.
- Elle 2010: Gabourey Sidibe's images whitened
References
- ↑ Ursula K. Le Guin, A Whitewashed Earthsea: How the Sci Fi Channel wrecked my books., Slate, 2004/12/16.
- ↑ Maya Jaggi, "The Magician", The Guardian, Dec. 17, 2005.