Because Hollywood hasn't got a problem making whitey the villain, especially if they are Russian or British (which I can forgive, Russians and British know how to play the bad guy or more on the British side, the double agent good guy)
But anyone in a positive role, got to be a minority. Which is funny as it's subconsciously assuming minorities don't have the intellect and cunning to be an effective villain.
Because Hollywood hasn't got a problem making whitey the villain, especially if they are Russian or British (which I can forgive, Russians and British know how to play the bad guy or more on the British side, the double agent good guy)
But anyone in a positive role, got to be a minority. Which is funny as it's subconsciously assuming minorities don't have the intellect and cunning to be an effective villain.
For a while, Russia was gonna be our friend and then the villains had to be Jihadis or Norks, lol. Now back to Russians are bad guys.