Importance of actors being the same race as their characters in the U.S. by ethnicity 2019

This statistic shows the level of importance of actors being the same race as the characters they portray in the United States as of May 2019, sorted by ethnicity. The findings reveal that 26 percent of African Americans felt that it was very important that actors are the same race as the characters they portray, compared to just 15 percent of White respondents who said the same.

Importance of actors being the same race as the characters they portray in the United States as of May 2019, by ethnicity

Characteristic	Very important	Somewhat important	Not that important	Not important at all	Don't know/no opinion
White	15%	22%	23%	26%	14%
Hispanic	18%	23%	22%	24%	13%
African American	26%	21%	19%	18%	15%
Other	17%	24%	19%	30%	10%

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Release date

May 2019

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Region

United States

Survey time period

May 9-11, 2019

Number of respondents

2,201 respondents

Age group

18 years and older

Method of interview

Online survey

Supplementary notes

The source phrased the question as follows: 'When deciding what movie to watch, how important are the following?' All of the actors are the same race as the characters they are portraying

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