So long as black voice actors are not losing jobs over this, then yeah, I really don't see the problem.
Non-VA related but I actually thought Ashley was an interesting character because of that. I didn't agree with her opinions at all and frequently argued with her but it made her feel more real.
This is exactly how I think. I think very highly of LaMarr due to his work on the many voices he's done. Met the dude once too!
The Emerald Herald from Dark Souls II is voiced by Ruth Negga. (Eileen the Crow from Bloodborne is also voiced by a woman of color, but since she never removes her mask, I don't want to make assumptions.)
Oh good one. Ruth has a lovely voice. And though I am iffy about the Preacher adaptation in general, I'm still looking forward to see how she plays Tulip (who was white in the comic).
His parents were both white, his dad being the very model of typical white gods. As a man constantly warring he was probably very, VERY deeply tanned, and all dark skinned people are likely that way from a long lineage of people with constant sun exposure versus those who saw relatively little of it for millennia going pale.
You do know that there is a very distinct difference people of color have been treated to white people in history. Along with the fact that most characters in fiction are white. So no its not really ok.
Oh. No wonder you don't understand why its a issue.
The fact that Naughty Dog "bothered" to respond just shows awareness that it is a subject worth talking about, and they should be commended for being open.
I was hesitant about listing Eileen for that reason, but I couldn't resist. I'm glad we both had her in mind.
They are two of my favorite VAs in the series.
It wouldn't be a problem if black voice actors got cast as white people as much as white people get cast as black people (because there are sure as hell some really talented black voice actors), relative to the number of black voice actors that are available of course, but IF the situation is skewed in a way that white actors take the majority of white roles AS WELL AS black (& other ethnicities') roles, then THAT is a bit of a problem and a pretty clear sign of some systematic issues still lingering in how the actors are chosen for roles. The whole "white people are just generally so much better that they get all the roles" argument is a horrible one, since it's fairly certain that black people aren't somehow just shittier actors on average and white actors reign supreme. At that point there is certainly something there blocking black actors from getting work. Maybe black people just don't get into auditions because there's some bias against them even before they get to that point. Whatever the reason, to try to argue that it's normal & there's no problem with, for example, 90% of black characters (a number I ripped straight from my ass, just to use as an example) being voice acted by white people is kinda ludicrous. At that point the whole "they just chose the BEST OF THE BEST actors" argument crumbles down completely, especially given that a lot of games don't have anywhere near Pixar level voice acting, so there's a lot of room for improvement.
The character appearance came after the voice was picked. Basically they had everything but her look and picked her to be black.
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