'It was a great privilege to be a part of telling this story...' DakotaFanning
The internet was perhaps understandably incensed yesterday when images from Dakota Fanning's upcoming movieappeared to show her playing an Ethiopian Muslim refugee. The actress was accused of"whitewashing," a word that has risen to prominence with actors likeOn her Instagram story, Fanning responded to the whitewashing claims and clarified that she isn't trying to portray another ethnicity.
"It was a great privilege to be a part of telling this story," she added."The film is about what home means to people who find themselves displaced and the families and communities that they choose and that choose them."
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