@JustAChillFan - There are two main components to “Whitewashing”... the cultural impact, and the jobs impact. I think it’s easy to rightly be upset about the cultural impact... depicting an important character or (especially) a historical figure as white when they were originally another race, or making an important event in history about a white character instead of the minorities at the heart of it does take something away from other cultures and such instances should be called out for it.

I don’t think that really applies to “Doctor Strange”, because the role of the ancient one is a pretty basic stereotype ... there are already plenty of examples of ancient Asian wise men in film... adding another is arguably doing more harm than good. Plus, it does make the fictional story of Doctor Strange seem like it’s attributing magic to Asians and then appropriating it for a white hero.

So really, the biggest knock on the film in terms of Whitewashing is just the jobs impact... some old Asian actor got screwed out of a role, and work in Hollywood is probably hard to come by. I get that as a complaint, but it’s a pretty personal complaint and hard to get too worked up over it, so people who make this their cause tend to lump all Whitewashing together to have a broader basis for their discussions.