Actually, the reason’s much darker. An e-mail casting call was specific about the shade of black women that producers were interested in hiring for the $35-an-hour gig. They had to be “light skinned.” Yep.It may be the Age of Obama, but this kind of racial preference persists. Under race, the e-mail listed “white, Hispanic or light skinned African American.” No Michelle Obama look-alikes need apply. And no Angela Bassetts, Oprah Winfreys or Alfre Woodards, either.
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