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Asking this question in the best possible faith: how do you feel about when actors of color portray white characters? For example, Kratos is voiced by an African American. You also bring up Nadine Ross in Uncharted 4, yet a fairly major character in that is also an elderly white woman portrayed by a much younger African American actress.

The fact that examples such as these are few and far between perhaps helps make your point, but the question is--is it a matter of representation in actors, or should actors' race/gender (I recognize gender poses different questions than race) be a limiting factor in roles they can or cannot play? If actors of all races were equally represented behind the scenes, would race still matter in voice casting? I'd hate to think we'd lose out on Phil LaMaar's Samurai Jack if so, or is an African American actor portraying a Japanese character also problematic?