A Black actress portraying an orange alien generates (white) angst.
July of last year I posted an essay entitled “Too Black to Be Orange”, concerning the “controversy” of casting a Black actress to play an orange alien. This past weekend, a man commented on the essay, saying the casting “is forced diversity” and exhorted me to get the “fuck out of here” with my “outrage articles”. I treated his outrage with casual sarcasm…
