Why is it only okay to portray White people as villains?
Because evidently white men are some of the few who can actually convince others like this.
Look at how many white actors there have been in villain roles that actually came across as dangerous and convincing. Now compare that to the modern bunch of theatre club kids who can't do anything other than play themselves, and still really poorly at an amateurish level. White men end up being the villains because when they act the part it comes across as genuine since they're actually good at their job.
You have to go up quite a few years to find non white men that can do the same, like Giancarlo Esposito, [who has been horribly typecast as a result of his Breaking Bad performance to the point he plays the same sinister role in Payday 2, The Boys, The Mandalorian, and many others], James Earl Jones, [less typecast but still well known as a villain in both Conan, Star Wars, and a few other roles], and not many others who really stood out in thr part.
Decades back one of those US Muslim groups complained bitterly about a lack of Arabic actors in major movies. About a month later a big film came out which had Egyptians as the villains, a fair chunk of the film followed their evil deeds.
The same group complained bitterly... pure comedy!
Because evidently white men are some of the few who can actually convince others like this.
Look at how many white actors there have been in villain roles that actually came across as dangerous and convincing. Now compare that to the modern bunch of theatre club kids who can't do anything other than play themselves, and still really poorly at an amateurish level. White men end up being the villains because when they act the part it comes across as genuine since they're actually good at their job.
You have to go up quite a few years to find non white men that can do the same, like Giancarlo Esposito, [who has been horribly typecast as a result of his Breaking Bad performance to the point he plays the same sinister role in Payday 2, The Boys, The Mandalorian, and many others], James Earl Jones, [less typecast but still well known as a villain in both Conan, Star Wars, and a few other roles], and not many others who really stood out in thr part.
Decades back one of those US Muslim groups complained bitterly about a lack of Arabic actors in major movies. About a month later a big film came out which had Egyptians as the villains, a fair chunk of the film followed their evil deeds.
The same group complained bitterly... pure comedy!