Canadian TV show casting call - " Any race except Caucasian.”

[ShootSpeeders]

In america, such ads are SOP. Affirmative action is everywhere and white job applicants simply take for granted they will be persecuted in the country their ancestors built.

Agency withdraws casting call for CBC show that specified ?any race except Caucasian? | Canada | News | National Post

13/04/30 1:38 PM ET

A casting call to hire a new CBC host that specifically said white people need not apply has been withdrawn, with the casting agent offering apologies for the mistake.

The original ad for the host of a children’s show, posted on the casting agency’s website under a CBC logo and on Craigslist, said: “Please only submit [an audition tape] if you match the following criteria: Male between the ages of 23-35 years; Any race except Caucasian.”

The independent agency contracted by the CBC to post the ad said it was a mistake.

“We apologize. We made a mistake and we’re apologizing profusely,” said Larissa Mair of Larissa Mair Casting and Associates Inc.

“We were asked to seek a cast of diversity. We mistakenly took that to mean that the production was not seeking Caucasian actors. This was a mistake that was made entirely by the casting company.

 

[novasteve]

Will anyone be fired like if they had instead said "non caucasians need not apply"?

 

[ShootSpeeders]

Will anyone be fired like if they had instead said "non caucasians need not apply"?

Of course not. They're trying to pass this off as an "honest mistake" and how we need to move on. How can an honest mistake like this occur??? They knew exactly what they were doing.

If they had said "caucasian only" the company would be ruined.

 

[TheOldSchool]

In america, such ads are SOP. Affirmative action is everywhere and white job applicants simply take for granted they will be persecuted in the country their ancestors built.

Agency withdraws casting call for CBC show that specified ?any race except Caucasian? | Canada | News | National Post

13/04/30 1:38 PM ET

A casting call to hire a new CBC host that specifically said white people need not apply has been withdrawn, with the casting agent offering apologies for the mistake.

The original ad for the host of a children’s show, posted on the casting agency’s website under a CBC logo and on Craigslist, said: “Please only submit [an audition tape] if you match the following criteria: Male between the ages of 23-35 years; Any race except Caucasian.”

The independent agency contracted by the CBC to post the ad said it was a mistake.

“We apologize. We made a mistake and we’re apologizing profusely,” said Larissa Mair of Larissa Mair Casting and Associates Inc.

“We were asked to seek a cast of diversity. We mistakenly took that to mean that the production was not seeking Caucasian actors. This was a mistake that was made entirely by the casting company.

Another ugly reminder of the horrific plight of the white man

 

[whitehall]

Look people, let's get beyond the finger pointing. It's not like they are calling for a race war. The network wants an all Black cast and that's the way they advertised. I don't find it offensive.

 

[ShootSpeeders]

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Another ugly reminder of the horrific plight of the white man

White men do all right and you have to ask how when they are so persecuted. Answer is they have ability. Negros, hispos, and women don't and can't make it on merit.

 

[ShootSpeeders]

Look people, let's get beyond the finger pointing. It's not like they are calling for a race war. The network wants an all Black cast and that's the way they advertised. I don't find it offensive.

Shut you mouf. We all know if they had called for "caucasian only" you wiboowals would be screaming.