biggest question–why did they switch to white actors? a black woman getting beaten doesn’t inspire anger?

not impressed.

It can go both way’s macha. Let’s say it was a black actress, someone might say that “what only black women get abused?”. Maybe they would say “Seems to me like they’re trying to insinuate that white women don’t get abused”. I would agree that it’s confusing. If it’s a reenactment they should make it as close to the real thing as possible, In regards to the actors and such.

I had been meaning to watch this and I have to echo la Macha’s sentiments. Violence against women is presented through a white woman’s lens and denies the very real experience of women of color. Switching the race of the actors allows for communities to go along with the “lippy woman” justification among others. It allows violence against women of color to be othered and again makes women of color invisible. I guess if every woman isn’t Rihanna, we aren’t worth making PSA’s for.

The reason they used white actors is simple, it’s called “Political Correctness”. They were obviously scarred of being called racists. That’s the aburdity of our modern society.