“Female,Hispanic/Latin, 50s to 60s, and the Latina maid at James’s wife’s funeral.”“Male,30-45, Middle Eastern looking [human trafficker role].”These are genuine casting notices on the popular casting website Actors' Access. Actress Jenny Jaffe -- the founder and executive director of mental health non-profit Project UROK -- shares her experience in the often racist and sexist world of casting calls, and which she says reinforce damaging stereotypes.
Source: wnyc.org