The Business of Show Biz: Playing People of Color
By Velina Brown Q: As a white guy, it's hard for me to ask these kinds of questions without people assuming I'm a racist, then attacking me as such, but still not answering my question. Why is it okay for a person of color to play a character that was not written for a person of color, but wrong if a white person plays a character that is not written as white? Part of the fun of being an actor is the opportun…