The murder of George Floyd, a Black American man, by a white police officer, Derek Chauvin, during an arrest in Minneapolis, Minnesota on May 25, 2020, sparked large-scale protests against systemic racism, both in the United States and elsewhere. As a result of the protests, numerous controversial forms of symbolism were either changed or removed.
In the United States, changes focused on removing and prohibiting displays of the Confederate battle flag; the flag of Mississippi was changed to remove a Confederate battle insignia. [1] [2] Around the world, numerous name changes occurred in response to the protests, while in Canada, the U.S. and New Zealand several police reforms were enacted, primarily about the policing of ethnic minority communities. [3] [4]
Several sports teams that used mascots featuring Native Americans, both inside and outside the United States, announced plans to change them; the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations voted to shorten its name to the 'State of Rhode Island'.
In the entertainment industry, numerous casting changes occurred about white voice actors for non-white characters in animation and video games, while several films and television shows were edited, rewritten, canceled, or pulled from streaming services as a result of the protests.
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Employer | Reported | Details | Ref. | |
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United States Army | To "improve diversity, equity, and inclusion", the Army announced that it would remove "photos from officer promotion boards beginning August 2020". | [5] [6] [7] |
Old | New | Represents | Reported | Executed | Details | Ref. |
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The Flag of Mississippi | Jun 30, 2020 | Jun 30, 2020 | The Mississippi Legislature passed a bill to relinquish the state flag, remove it from public premises within 15 days of the bill's effective date, and redesign it via commission, with the new design omitting the Confederate battle flag and including the phrase "In God We Trust". Republican Governor Tate Reeves had stated that he was against the Legislature changing the flag, but that if the Legislature were to pass such a bill he would sign it. Reeves signed the bill on June 30, 2020. Mississippi was the last U.S. state to incorporate the Confederate battle flag in its state flag; a poll had concluded that most Mississippians supported the removal of this element from the state flag. Voters approved a new design in a referendum on November 3, 2020. It became the official state flag on January 11, 2021. | [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [2] |
Organization | Announced | Details | Ref. | |
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United States Marine Corps | Jun 5, 2020 | The U.S. Marines officially banned the Confederate battle flag from both public and work spaces on its military bases, including its display on vehicle bumper stickers, clothing, and coffee mugs. | [15] [16] | |
United States Navy | Jun 9, 2020 | Admiral Michael M. Gilday directed his staff to begin crafting an order banning the Confederate battle flag from "all public spaces and work areas aboard Navy installations, ships, aircraft and submarines." | [17] [18] | |
NASCAR | Jun 10, 2020 | Display of the Confederate battle flag was prohibited at all NASCAR events and properties. | [19] | |
Cork GAA | Jun 12, 2020 | Fans of the Gaelic Athletic Associated Cork team use the Confederate battle flag due to County Cork's nickname, "the Rebel county". The team announced the prohibition of the flag. | [20] | |
United States Forces Korea | Jun 15, 2020 | U.S. Forces Korea banned display of the Confederate battle flag and depictions of it on USFK installations, except for artistic and educational displays. | [21] | |
U.S. military installations | Jul 17, 2020 | U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper effectively banned display of Confederate flags on military installations with a memo listing flags authorized for display that leaves out Confederate flags. | [22] | |
United States Coast Guard | Jul 18, 2020 | Confederate flag specifically prohibited by Commandant Adm. Karl Schultz. | [23] |
Flag | Location | City | State | Announced | Removed | Details | Ref. |
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Confederate battle flag | Confederate Memorial Park | Seffner | Florida | Jun 1, 2020 | Jun 1, 2020 | A 60-by-30-foot (18.3 m × 9.1 m) Confederate flag at the intersection of I-4 and I-75, just east of Tampa, was temporarily removed by its owner, the Sons of Confederate Veterans, after threats to burn it were made on social media. | [24] |
Confederate battle flag | Memorial Park | Kennesaw | Georgia | Jun 15, 2020 | Jun 16, 2020 | The city decided that it will no longer fly the Confederate battle flag in downtown Kennesaw's Memorial Park on Main Street. Flag was cut down prior to protests and city council members agreed not to replace it, despite violating state law to do so. On June 16, it was replaced with an older version of the Georgia state flag. | [25] [26] |
Mississippi state flag | City-owned buildings | Gulfport | Mississippi | Jun 16, 2020 | Jun 30, 2020 | The city of Gulfport removed all Mississippi state flags from city-owned buildings. | [27] |
Mississippi state flag | City-wide | Bay St. Louis | Mississippi | Jun 16, 2020 | Jun 30, 2020 | The city council decided to stop flying the state flag. | [28] |
Flag of the Black Country | West Midlands Fire Service fire stations | West Midlands | England | Jul 16, 2020 | — | The Black Country's flag was designed by Gracie Shepherd, an 11-year-old schoolgirl, in 2012. It includes a chain motif representing "the chain industry in the region, as well as the linking up of the different communities". The flag has been controversial as chains made in the region were used on slaves in the Caribbean and North America. The fire service sent a letter to all staff on July 16 banning the use of the flag; it reversed its decision on July 24. | [29] [30] [31] [32] |
Confederate battle flag | Grand Ledge Public Schools | Grand Ledge | Michigan | Jul 20, 2020 | Jul 20, 2020 | The School Board prohibited "racially divisive messaging, images, or symbols", specifically mentioning the Confederate flag. | [33] |
Flag of Norway Flag of the United States | The Nordic Pineapple (bed and breakfast) | St. Johns | Michigan | Jul 20, 2020 | Jul 20, 2020 | Since opening the business in 2018, the owners had flown a Norwegian flag alongside an American flag at the entrance because the grandfather of one of the owners was born in Norway. The Norwegian flag has the same colors as the Confederate battle flag and was occasionally mistaken for it, despite its different design, which lacks stars. In the past, they had explained the nature of the flag to anyone who expressed concerns. But after receiving "at least a dozen hateful emails" in the summer of 2020, they decided to stop displaying any flags. [34] They soon restored the American flag and later replaced the Norwegian flag with a triangular Norwegian vimpel pennant in the flag's colors. [35] | [36] [37] [38] |
Confederate battle flag | Oregon Commission on Historic Cemeteries | Oregon | Oct 23, 2020 | The Oregon Historic Preservation Office Commission on historic cemeteries officially adopted a position paper recommending that Confederate Flags not be displayed at historic cemeteries. | [39] |
Old | New | Emblem | Reported | Details | Ref. |
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Coat of arms of Imperial College London | Jun 5, 2020 | Imperial College London decided to remove its motto from the official rendition of its coat of arms to "better reflect the College's culture, values and commitment to supporting a diverse and inclusive community." The motto read Scientia imperii decus et tutamen, which translates to "Scientific knowledge, the crowning glory and the safeguard of the empire". | [40] | ||
Seal of Rhode Island | Jun 12, 2020 | An executive order by Gov. Gina Raimondo removed "and Providence Plantations" from official state documents and symbols. Leading legislators of the General Assembly then removed the phrase from internal legislative documents. Rhode Island voters approved the name change in a referendum on November 3, 2020. The same question had previously failed 78% to 22% in 2010. Though Providence Plantations did not utilize slaves, petitioners argued the word has connotations of Southern slave plantations, and that Rhode Island merchants historically played a large role in the transatlantic slave trade. | [41] [42] [43] [44] | ||
Ventura County, California, seal | Jun 22, 2020 | Seal was redesigned to remove Junípero Serra. | [45] | ||
Insignia of the Order of St Michael and St George (Personal use by the Governor-General of Jamaica) | Jun 26, 2020 | Patrick Allen, the Governor-General of Jamaica, declared that he was suspending his usage of the insignia due to ongoing protests against images that "normalize the continued degradation of people of color." The insignia depicts a white Archangel Michael standing over a dark-skinned Satan. | [46] [47] | ||
Placerville, California, seal | Jul 14, 2020 | The city has had the nickname "Hangtown" since the 1850s. The city first considered removing a noose from its city seal because of its associations with lynching. The city council voted unanimously to remove the image on April 14, 2021. | [48] [49] |
Notable proposed changes:
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Penn Museum | Philadelphia | Pennsylvania | United States | Jul 8, 2020 | The museum removed the Morton Cranial Collection from public view; the collection includes the skulls of enslaved individuals. Samuel George Morton, a popular physician, was a founder of scientific racism, and used his collection to "prove" the alleged inferiority of what he called "the African race". | [52] | |
John Wayne exhibit, University of Southern California | Los Angeles | California | United States | Jul 10, 2020 | John Wayne attended the University of Southern California; white supremacist remarks of his have recently surfaced. The display was moved to the Cinematic Arts Library. | [53] | |
Tate Britain | London | England | United Kingdom | Aug 4, 2020 | Tate Britain's Rex Whistler Restaurant featured a large mural by Rex Whistler entitled The Expedition in Pursuit of Rare Meats (1927). One of its scenes depicts the enslavement of a black child and his mother's distress; another shows him running behind a horse and cart to which he is attached by a chain around his neck. The room was closed and will only reopen (as an exhibition space) when "interpretive material" to put the work's offensive nature into its wider historical context is incorporated. | [54] [55] | |
School | Old | New | Location | US state | Reported | Executed | Details | Ref. |
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Richland High School | Rebel | Royals | North Richland Hills | Texas | Jun 19, 2020 | Sep 25, 2020 | The school board voted to change the Rebel mascot and associated imagery. Change.org petition to "Abolish Confederate Branding at Richland High School" had amassed over 26,000 signatures. Some changes in the campus area are to be executed immediately. | [56] [57] |
Quartz Hill High School | Rebel | Royals | Quartz Hill | California | Jun 20, 2020 | Jun 20, 2020 | Antelope Valley Union High School District administrators announced to the removal of both the Rebel mascot and name, effective immediately. Change.org petition to remove the mascot had amassed over 5,000 signatures. | [58] |
A. B. Miller High School | Rebel | TBD | Fontana | California | Jun 24, 2020 | School administration decided to remove the mascot and halt usage of the phrase "Rebel Nation", effective immediately. | [59] | |
Brighton Central School District | Baron | Bruins | Brighton | New York | Jun 24, 2020 | Dec 23, 2020 | Superintendent stated that "[t]he Baron is a symbol of elitism and privilege at best and can be historically traced to slavery", and announced that the search for a new mascot would begin. | [60] [61] |
Serra High School | Conquistadors | Rattlers | San Diego | California | Jun 25, 2020 | Mar 9, 2021 | Answering a petition started in June by sisters who were students of the high school, the San Diego Unified School Board renamed the school, as well as the mascot, from the Serra Conquistadors to Canyon Hills Rattlesnakes. | [62] [63] |
Loudoun County High School | Raiders | Captains | Leesburg | Virginia | Jun 30, 2020 | Jun 30, 2020 | The school board voted unanimously to retire the mascot, which was based on the Confederate Mosby's Raiders. | [64] |
Martin High School | Indian hairdresser logo and associated decor | Rockin' M. logo and Warriors | Arlington | Texas | Jul 1, 2020 | Jul 1, 2020 | [65] | |
Shady Side Academy | Indians | Bulldogs | Fox Chapel | Pennsylvania | Jul 1, 2020 | Dec 21, 2020 | The board of trustees voted unanimously to retire the school's mascot and team name. Academy President Bart Griffith announced there would be a process to select a new mascot in the months to come. | [66] [67] |
Anderson High School | Redskins | Raptors | Hamilton County | Ohio | Jul 2, 2020 | Mar 5, 2021 | The board of the Forest Hills Local School District voted 4–1 to retire the Redskins name. | [68] [69] |
Nashoba Regional High School | Chieftains | Wolves | Bolton | Massachusetts | Jul 4, 2020 | Apr 12, 2021 | The Nashoba Regional School Committee voted unanimously to retire the mascot and remove any Native American iconography from the high school. | [70] [71] |
Parkwood High School | Rebels | Wolf Pack | Monroe | North Carolina | Jul 7, 2020 | Nov 5, 2020 | Union County Schools Board of Education voted 6–2 to change the name and mascot. An image of a Confederate soldier had been removed from the school logo earlier after the NAACP called for its change in 2009. | [72] [73] [74] |
Capital University | Crusaders | Comets | Bexley | Ohio | Jul 13, 2020 | Sep 30, 2021 | The board of trustees approved a measure to retire the Crusaders' nickname and the mascot Cappy. The name and mascot will continue to be used until an official retirement. | [75] [76] |
Juanita High School | Rebels | Ravens | Kirkland | Washington | Jul 13, 2020 | Dec 3, 2020 | Lake Washington School District Superintendent Jon Holeman announced that the school's Rebels mascot would be removed immediately. | [77] [78] |
Caledonia High School | Confederates | Cavaliers | Caledonia | Mississippi | Jul 17, 2020 | Nov 16, 2020 | The Lowndes County School Board voted to retire the nickname. | [79] [80] |
Roncalli High School | Rebels | Royals | Indianapolis | Indiana | Jul 22, 2020 | Jan 15, 2021 | The school's interim president announced that the Rebels nickname would be retired due to "negative connotations" and that a task force would select a new mascot and nickname. | [81] [82] |
Henderson High School | Indian logo | "Home of the Warriors" logo | West Chester | Pennsylvania | Sep 18, 2020 | Sep 18, 2020 | "Echoing the broader national movement", the school's principal announced that it would be disassociating its athletic department from Native American imagery. | [83] |
Wilson Area School District | Indian hairdress logo and associated decor | Scripted "W" logo | Northampton County | Pennsylvania | Jul 26, 2021 | Jul 26, 2021 | "Amid escalating demands for racial justice, particularly following the murder of George Floyd," the school district announced that while it will still be using the Warriors mascot, it will no longer be purchasing uniforms or merchandise associated with the feathered headdress imagery that had been previously used. | [84] |
Old | New | Role | Reported | Replaced | Details | Ref. | ||
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Alexis Ohanian | Michael Seibel | Board member of Reddit | Jun 5, 2020 | Jun 10, 2020 | Co-founder Ohanian announced that he was leaving the board, stating that he did so "as a father who needs to be able to answer his black daughter when she asks: 'What did you do?'", and asking the board to "fill [his] seat with a black candidate". | [85] [86] [87] |
Series | Canceled | Details | Ref. | |
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Cops | Jun 9, 2020 | In June 2020, Paramount Network pulled the program from its schedule in response to national protests against Floyd's murder and announced its cancellation days later. The program remains in production for its international and overseas partners, and began to film anew in Spokane County, Washington with its sheriff's department at the start of October 2020. In September 2021, it was announced that Fox Nation picked up the show. The 33rd season premiered on October 1, 2021. | [88] [89] [90] [91] [92] | |
Live PD Live PD: Police Nation Live PD Presents: PD Cam | Jun 10, 2020 | Live PD aired its last episode on May 23, 2020. The show had removed video footage of the killing of Javier Ambler, which took place in March 2019. Other shows in the Live PD franchise were also canceled. Because A&E sometimes relied on shows from the Live PD franchise for over 85% of its programming, the network's viewership has plummeted to about half of what it was compared to the previous year. The show's producers then moved to Reelz, where they launched a similar show, On Patrol: Live with most of the previous on-air personnel and cooperating departments in July 2022, and itself is part of an infringement lawsuit with A&E's parent, A&E Networks. | [91] [93] |
Series/film | Episode(s) | Reported | Details | Ref. | |||||||||||
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Little Britain Come Fly with Me | all | Jun 8, 2020 | Netflix pulled Little Britain and the BBC and BritBox followed three days later. The show has "long been criticized for its portrayal of black and Asian characters by the white comedians, as well as gay characters and those with disabilities". [lower-alpha 1] Netflix also pulled another show that contained blackface, Come Fly with Me, by the same creators. On 16 March 2022, the BBC made Little Britain available to view on BBC iPlayer again with some characters being cut from the original release. | [95] [94] [96] | |||||||||||
Gone with the Wind | — | Jun 9, 2020 | HBO Max pulled the film because it "depicts some of the ethnic and racial prejudices that have, unfortunately, been commonplace in American society"; the service "felt that to keep this title up without an explanation and a denouncement of those depictions would be irresponsible". The film was eventually reinstated with an introduction by cinema professor Jacqueline Stewart explaining its depiction of a "world of grace and beauty, without acknowledging the brutalities of the system of chattel slavery upon which this world is based". The original content of the film is available on VHS, DVD, and Blu-ray. | [97] [98] [99] | |||||||||||
Angry Boys Jonah from Tonga Summer Heights High We Can Be Heroes | all | Jun 10, 2020 | Netflix pulled four Chris Lilley shows for using blackface, brownface, and yellowface. In what was characterized as a "defiant move", Lilley shared a deleted scene from Jonah from Tonga online. | [100] [101] | |||||||||||
Bo' Selecta! | all | Jun 10, 2020 | All 4 pulled the show after comedian Leigh Francis tearfully apologized for having "portrayed many black celebrities" on the show using latex facemasks. | [102] [103] [104] | |||||||||||
Bubble Guppies | S03E02: "The Police Cop-Etition!" | Jun 10, 2020 | The Nick Jr. Channel and Noggin apps pulled the episode because of it being themed around police. A rerun was slated to air on the Nick Jr. Channel on June 12, 2020, but was replaced with "Come To Your Senses!" the day before it was scheduled to air. The episode is still available on DVD. | [105] | |||||||||||
The League of Gentlemen The Mighty Boosh | all | Jun 10, 2020 | Netflix pulled the shows because they contained characters "played by white actors wearing blackface": Papa Lazarou in The League of Gentlemen and The Spirit of Jazz in The Mighty Boosh. | [106] [107] | |||||||||||
Sam & Cat | S01E27: "#BlueDogSoda" | Jun 10, 2020 | On Netflix, Nickelodeon's streaming services, and later reruns of the episode on television, Sam's line, "Step away? I'll step on your neck" was cut. The uncut episode is available on DVD. | ||||||||||||
Fawlty Towers | S01E06: "The Germans" | Jun 11, 2020 | After UKTV pulled the episode because it "contains racial slurs", show creator John Cleese called the people running the BBC "a mixture of marketing people and petty bureaucrats" who were "cowardly and gutless". Cleese explained that the character using the slurs "was an old fossil left over from decades before" and said, "We were not supporting his views, we were making fun of them". UKTV later stated they would reinstate the episode along with guidance noting that it contained "potentially offensive content and language". | [108] [109] [110] [111] [112] | |||||||||||
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia |
| Jun 11, 2020 [lower-alpha 2] | Netflix, Hulu and Star on Disney+ (despite Disney+ not streaming the series on its Star hub previously but the mentioned episodes are not streaming on Disney+ in Australia, New Zealand and Canada) pulled five episodes that contained brownface or blackface. All five episodes mentioned are available on DVD. | [113] [114] [115] | |||||||||||
Tyler Perry's Young Dylan | S01E05: "The Enforcer" | Jun 11, 2020 | The episode was pulled from reruns and Nickelodeon's app as it dealt with the titular character starting a protest over school uniforms. | [116] | |||||||||||
Minoriteam | all | Jun 12, 2020 | Cartoon Network and Adult Swim pulled the series from their streaming services, due to the show's depiction of racial stereotypes. | [117] [118] | |||||||||||
Million Dollar Extreme Presents: World Peace | all | Jun 12, 2020 | Cartoon Network and Adult Swim pulled the series from their streaming services, due to allegations from sources of "coded racial messages, including swastikas" being found in the original cut of the show, which was removed by network standards and practices ahead of broadcast. | [119] [120] | |||||||||||
W/ Bob & David | S01E03: "Episode 3" | Jun 16, 2020 | Netflix pulled the episode that included a sketch called "Know Your Rights", which featured blackface "in an attempt to satirize police brutality". Before removal, David Cross, who portrayed the character who wore blackface, stated, "The point of this was to underscore the absurdity...well, here's your last chance to figure it out". | [121] [122] | |||||||||||
PAW Patrol |
| Jun 20, 2020 | These two Ultimate Rescue episodes were pulled from Nickelodeon's line-up as they depicted the other pups becoming police officers like Chase. Both episodes mentioned are available on DVD. | [123] | |||||||||||
30 Rock |
| Jun 22, 2020 | Tina Fey and NBCUniversal requested the pulling of four episodes that used blackface. [lower-alpha 4] All four episodes mentioned are available on DVD. | [125] [124] | |||||||||||
Scrubs | S03E08: "My Friend the Doctor" S05E04: "My Jiggly Ball" S05E17: "My Chopped Liver" | Jun 24, 2020 | Hulu pulled the episodes, which contained instances of blackface, at the request of show creator Bill Lawrence and ABC Studios. "My Chopped Liver" also contained an instance of whiteface. All three episodes mentioned are available on DVD. The episodes are also still available on Disney+ Canada. | [127] [126] | |||||||||||
Community | S02E14: "Advanced Dungeons & Dragons" | Jun 26, 2020 | Netflix and Hulu announced the pulling of the episode, which included a scene that contained blackface. Producer Sony Pictures Television supported the decision. The episode mentioned is available on DVD. | [128] | |||||||||||
The Office |
| Jun 26, 2020 | Show creator Greg Daniels edited out a scene that contained blackface. The episode that has this scene intact is available on DVD. | [129] [130] | |||||||||||
The Golden Girls | S03E23: "Mixed Blessings" | Jun 27, 2020 | Hulu pulled the episode, which included a scene that contained blackface. The episode mentioned is available on DVD. | [131] | |||||||||||
Peep Show |
| Jun 29, 2020 | Netflix removed a scene containing blackface. | [132] [133] | |||||||||||
Bluey | S01E48: "Teasing" S02E24: "Flat Pack" | Aug 20, 2020 | Disney+ and ABC Australia pulled the two episodes from their services due to the negative depictions of Aboriginal Australians, despite changing the stereotypical dialogues for subsequent broadcasts. | [134] | |||||||||||
Aqua Teen Hunger Force | S06E02: "Shake Like Me" | Sep 29, 2020 | Cartoon Network and Adult Swim pulled the episode from their rerun rotation and streaming services, whose plot was described as an "animated equivalent of blackface". The episode is still available on Aqua Teen Volume 6 DVD. The episode is not included on the Aqua Teen Hunger Force: The Baffler Meal Complete Collection DVD. | [135] | |||||||||||
The Boondocks | S03E04: "The Story of Jimmy Rebel" | Sep 29, 2020 | Cartoon Network and Adult Swim intentionally excluded the episode from their streaming services due to perceived racial insensitivities over the episode's portrayal of a racist country singer named Jimmy Rebel (a parody of real-life white supremacist country singer Johnny Rebel). The episode is still available on DVD. | [136] |
Series | Announced | Details | Ref. | |
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Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Jun 2, 2020 | Writer Craig Gore was fired after posting a photo of himself armed with a rifle and threatening to "light motherfuckers up who are trying to fuck w/ my property" during the protests. Dick Wolf, creator and executive producer of the Law & Order franchise, stated, "I will not tolerate this conduct, especially during our hour of national grief. I am terminating Craig Gore immediately." Gore's talent agency, Paradigm, also dropped him as a client. | [137] [138] [139] | |
The Flash | Aug 8, 2020 | Elongated Man actor Hartley Sawyer was fired after racist, homophobic, and misogynistic tweets resurfaced. Showrunner Eric Wallace stated, "[H]is social media tweets ... broke my heart and made me mad as hell." | [140] [141] [142] [143] |
Series | Announced | Details | Ref. | |
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L.A.'s Finest | Jun 8, 2020 | Spectrum postponed the show's second-season premiere to an unspecified date later in 2020. | [144] | |
Body Cam | Jun 9, 2020 | A spokesperson for Investigation Discovery stated that the show was "off the schedule for the foreseeable future". The show returned to the schedule the following year. | [145] [146] | |
Brooklyn Nine-Nine | Jun 23, 2020 | The final season of the series (season 8) was reworked, and four already-made episodes were put aside. | [147] | |
The Amazing Race Big Brother Love Island Survivor Tough as Nails | Nov 9, 2020 | CBS announced that in upcoming seasons of their unscripted reality series, 50% of the cast will consist of people of color. | [148] [149] | |
Total Drama | Feb 17, 2021 | When a new season was commissioned, Fresh TV would only have characters voiced by people of the exact race. For example, Barbara Mamabolo, African Canadian actress who was previously cast as the Caucasian contestant Zoey on Total Drama: Revenge of the Island , will be cast as Millie, who is African Canadian. | [150] [151] | |
South Park | Feb 9, 2022 | Starting with the Season 25 episode "The Big Fix", the character formally known as Token Black was retconned and renamed into Tolkien Black, as he is named after The Lord of the Rings author J. R. R. Tolkien. | [152] |
Old | New | Series | Role(s) | Reported | Details | Ref. | ||
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Jenny Slate | Ayo Edebiri | Big Mouth | Missy Foreman-Greenwald | Jun 24, 2020 [lower-alpha 6] | Slate, a white and Jewish actress, announced that she would no longer play the half-black character Missy Forman-Greenwald. The role went to Ayo Edebiri starting with the Season 4 episode, "Sorority House", with Edebiri first voicing Missy's "Mirror Self" in the same episode. Slate continued to perform in the series voicing Caitlin Grafton and other characters. | [153] [154] | ||
| David Herman (Marshmallow) Katie Crown (Harley) Melissa Bardin Galsky (Ms. Jacobson) Pamela Adlon (Olsen Benner) | | Jari Jones (Marshmallow) Ashley Nicole Black (Harley, Ms. Jacobson) Nicole Byer (Olsen Benner) | Bob's Burgers | Marshmallow Harley Ms. Jacobson Olsen Benner | Jun 24, 2020 | Series creator Loren Bouchard announced on Twitter that David Herman will no longer play the black transgender sex worker Marshmallow in the future after replying to a tweet about recasting Marshmallow with "Yes. On it". Jari Jones has since taken over the role of Marshmallow. The role of Ms. Jacobson was later recast to Ashley Nicole Black from Melissa Bardin Galsky. Bouchard also announced on Twitter that Katie Crown will no longer play the black student Harley in the future as well. Crown and Melissa Bardin Galsky had their respective roles of Harley and Ms. Jacobson recast to Ashley Nicole Black. Starting in The Bob's Burgers Movie , Pamela Adlon's role of Olsen Benner was recast to Nicole Byer. | [155] [156] [157] [158] [159] [160] [161] |
Kristen Bell | Emmy Raver-Lampman | Central Park | Molly Tillerman | Jun 24, 2020 [lower-alpha 7] | The series' producers announced that a biracial or black actress would play the biracial Molly in the future. Bell wrote, "This is a time to acknowledge our acts of complicity ... Casting a mixed race character w[ith] a white actress undermines the specificity of the mixed race & Black American experience." Bell would then later voice a new character, Abby Hunter starting with the Season 3 episode, "Paige's Next Chapter". | [162] [163] [164] [165] | ||
| Mike Henry (Cleveland Brown, Rallo Tubbs, Consuela, Fouad) Alex Borstein (Tricia Takanawa) | Arif Zahir (Cleveland Brown) | Family Guy | Cleveland Brown Montclair "Rallo" Tubbs Consuela Fouad Tricia Takanawa | Jun 26, 2020 [lower-alpha 8] | After voicing Cleveland Brown for twenty-one years on both Family Guy and its spin-off series, The Cleveland Show from 2009 to 2013, Mike Henry announced his departure on social media when he posted a statement saying; "I love this character, but persons of color should play characters of color. Therefore, I will be stepping down from the role." Arif Zahir began his role as Cleveland in season 20. Henry continues to work and perform on the series after stepping down from voicing Cleveland as Bruce Straight and John Herbert. Other characters such as Asian Reporter Tricia Takanawa, Hispanic housemaid Consuela, Peter Griffin's Arab co-worker Fouad, and Cleveland's stepson, Rallo Tubbs are expected to be recast in the future. | [166] [167] | |
| Hank Azaria (Apu Nahasapeemapetilon, Carl Carlson, Officer Lou, Bumblebee Man, Julio Franco, Drederick Tatum) Harry Shearer (Dr. Julius Hibbert, Sanjay Nahasapeemapetilon) Pamela Hayden (Lewis Clark, Janey Powell) Tress MacNeille (Manjula Nahasapeemapetilon, Kumiko Albertson, Bernice Hibbert, Opal, Hubert Wong, Cookie Kwan) | | Alex Désert (Carl Carlson, Officer Lou) Eric Lopez (Bumblebee Man) Tony Rodríguez (Julio Franco) Jay Pharoah (Drederick Tatum) Kevin Michael Richardson (Dr. Julius Hibbert) Kimberly Brooks (Lewis Clark, Janey Powell) Jenny Yokobori (Kumiko Albertson) Dawnn Lewis (Bernice Hibbert, Opal) Rosalie Chiang (Hubert Wong) | The Simpsons | All non-white originated roles | Jun 26, 2020 | Starting with Season 32, series producers stated that white actors would no longer voice non-white characters. These included recurring characters that were originally voiced by Azaria, Shearer, Hayden, and MacNeille. Azaria had previously stepped down from voicing Apu Nahasapeemapetilon in January 2020 due to controversy surrounding the character since the 2017 documentary The Problem with Apu from Indian-American comedian Hari Kondabolu. | [168] [169] [170] [171] [172] [173] [174] [175] [176] [177] |
Rob Paulsen | Sérgio Stern | Mickey Mouse universe | José Carioca | Jun 30, 2020 | During an interview with The A.V. Club, Rob Paulsen says he will no longer voice characters of color including the Brazilian José Carioca, who he first voiced since Mickey Mouse Works in 1999. Sérgio Stern voiced José in the theme parks and the Brazilian Portuguese dubs since 2013 and later voiced him in the English-speaking regions starting with the Mickey Mouse Funhouse episode, "Día de los Muertos". | [178] | ||
Deann Degruijter (Mayor Goodway) Holly Gorski (Julia Goodway) James Rankin (Otis Goodway) Ron Pardo (Gustavo Goodway) | | Kim Roberts (Mayor Goodway) Sage Arrindell (Julia Goodway) Joseph Motiki (Otis Goodway) Deven Mack (Gustavo Goodway) | PAW Patrol | The Goodway Family | Sep 10, 2020 | Episodes from the seventh season onward replace Mayor Goodway's voice actress Deann Degruijter with Kim Roberts. The same later follows for the rest of the Goodway family after the mayor's recast. | [179] [180] | |
Ben Diskin | Zeno Robinson | Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir | Nino Lahiffe Max Kanté | Sep 25, 2020 | Zeno Robinson replaced Ben Diskin as the voice of Nino Lahiffe starting in the film Miraculous World: New York – United Heroez and Max Kanté starting in Season 4. | [181] [182] | ||
Rebecca Sugar | Erica Luttrell | Adventure Time: Distant Lands | Elise | Nov 20, 2020 | While Sugar voiced Elise in "Everything Stays" from the original series, she was replaced by Luttrell in "Obsidian" from Distant Lands. | [183] | ||
Tyrone Savage | Kwaku Adu-Poku | Total DramaRama | Lightning | Jun 1, 2021 | While Savage voiced Lightning in Revenge of the Island and All-Stars , he was replaced by Adu-Poku in Total DramaRama when his character was introduced in "Sugar & Spice & Lightning & Frights". | [184] | ||
Scott McNeil | Deven Mack | Johnny Test | Mr. White | Jul 16, 2021 | While Scott McNeil voiced Mr. White in the original 2005 TV series, he was replaced by Deven Mack in the 2021 revival series on Netflix. Despite the recast, McNeil continued to perform in the series as King Zizrar. | [185] | ||
Heather Bambrick | Sabryn Rock | Wild Kratts | Koki | Aug 15, 2021 | Episodes from the seventh season onward replace Koki's voice actress Heather Bambrick with Sabryn Rock. | [186] [187] [188] | ||
Alyson Court (Jubilee) Marc Strange (Forge) | Holly Chou (Jubilee) Gil Birmingham (Forge) | X-Men '97 | Jubilation Lee / Jubilee Daniel Lone Eagle / Forge | Nov 12, 2021 [lower-alpha 9] | While Alyson Court originally voiced Jubilee in the X-Men animated series during a five-year run from 1992 to 1997, she does not reprise the role in the sequel series despite being among the original surviving cast members returning. Per her request, Court insisted that an Asian-American actress would voice the character instead. The role later went to Holly Chou as Court herself would then voice a new character, Abscissa. Likewise, Gil Birmingham replaced Marc Strange as Forge in the series also following the latter's passing in 2012. | [189] [190] | ||
Tara Strong | Bresha Webb (CeCe Proud) Aiden Dodson (BeBe Proud) | The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder | BeBe and CeCe Proud | Jan 14, 2022 | While Strong provided the infant vocal effects of BeBe and CeCe Proud in the original series, their roles were recast to Webb and Dodson in the sequel series. Strong would later guest voice in the show voicing a new character, the history teacher Ms. Brady. | [191] | ||
| Jamieson Price (Chad Sado) Erin Fitzgerald (Franceska Mila Rose) Travis Willingham (Charlotte Chuhlhourne) Laura Bailey (Tier Halibel) Brian Palermo (Kaname Tosen) Wendee Lee (Yoruichi Shihōin) | Alain Mesa (Chad Sado) Shara Kirby (Franceska Mila Rose) Bill Butts (Charlotte Chuhlhourne) Jeannie Tirado (Tier Halibel) A.J. Beckles (Kaname Tosen) Anairis Quiñones (Yoruichi Shihōin) | Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War | Yasutora "Chad" Sado Franceska Mila Rose Charlotte Chuhlhourne Tier Halibel Kaname Tosen Yoruichi Shihōin | Nov 3, 2022 | Jamieson Price stated in an interview that he no longer auditions for roles of characters that are people of color and that it was a "difficult decision to say no" to his casting for the role, though Price did later welcome Mesa taking over as Chad Sado. Erin Fitzgerald then stated that the dub was non-union and that she is a union-only actress now and stated that if the dub was union, Fitzgerald would not reprise the role of Franceska Mila Rose, as the role instead went to Shara Kirby. AJ Beckles replaced Brian Palermo as Kaname Tosen, whom David Rasner originally voiced until Episode 278. Bill Butts and Jeannie Tirado replaced the husband and wife duo, Travis Willingham and Laura Bailey, with Butts voicing Charlotte Chuhlhourne and Tirado voicing Tier Halibel. Anairis Quiñones replaced Wendee Lee as Yoruichi Shihōin in Episode 388. However, on October 21, 2023, it was announced Lee would return to voice Yoruichi instead. The casting change sparked uproar by fans on social media shortly after. | [192] [193] [194] [195] [196] [197] [198] | |
Eileen Stevens | Anairis Quiñones | Pokémon Ultimate Journeys: The Series | Iris | Feb 24, 2023 | Anairis Quiñones replaced Eileen Stevens as Iris beginning with episode JN115, "Curtain Up! Fight the Fights!". By coincidence, Stevens had stepped down from all of her roles in the series earlier in 2022 due to personal issues that led to her retirement from voice acting. | [199] | ||
Christa Miller | Mitra Jouhari | Clone High | Cleopatra Smith | Mar 24, 2023 | Starting with the 2023 revival, Iranian-American Mitra Jouhari replaced white actress Christa Miller as Cleopatra Smith. Despite the recast, Miller would later go on to voice a new character, Candide Sampson. | [200] | ||
| Billy West (Leo Wong) Maurice LaMarche (Scoop Chang) John DiMaggio (Officer URL, Barbados Slim) | | Feodor Chin (Leo Wong, Scoop Chang) Kevin Michael Richardson (Officer URL, Barbados Slim) | Futurama | Leo Wong Scoop Chang Officer URL Barbados Slim | Jul 30, 2023 | Starting with the eighth season of the series now on Hulu, Feodor Chin replaced Billy West as Leo Wong, the father of Amy Wong, and Maurice LaMarche as reporter Scoop Chang. Kevin Michael Richardson replaced John DiMaggio as both Officer URL and Barbados Slim, the Barbadian limbo rival of Hermes Conrad. | [201] [202] [203] |
Christopher Ayres | Abi Kumar | Black Butler: Public School Arc | Prince Soma Asman Kadar | May 4, 2024 | Abi Kumar now assumes the role of Prince Soma Asman Kadar following the passing of his original voice actor, Christopher Ayers in 2021. | [204] | ||
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Jessica Straus | Kimberly Woods | Eureka: Eureka Seven Hi-Evolution | Gidget | May 17, 2022 | While she originally voiced Gidget in the Eureka Seven anime, Straus does not reprise the role in the third and final part of the Eureka Seven: Hi-Evolution film trilogy and instead welcomed Woods' casting as the character. | [205] | ||
Bayardo De Murguia | Ron Yuan | Mortal Kombat Legends: Snow Blind | Kuai Liang / Sub-Zero | Aug 3, 2022 | Ron Yuan replaced Bayardo De Murguia as the second Sub-Zero, Kuai Liang in the third installment of the Legends series; Snow Blind. As Murguia voiced the character from the preceding film, Battle of the Realms in 2021. Yuan had previous experience in the franchise prior where he voiced Scorpion in Mortal Kombat 11 from 2019. | [206] | ||
Dave Willis | Michael Render | Aqua Teen Forever: Plantasm | Boxy Brown | Oct 16, 2022 | While Aqua Teen Hunger Force co-creator Dave Willis originally voiced Meatwad's imaginary doll friend Boxy Brown during the original run of the series, the role went to rapper Michael "Killer Mike" Render in the direct-to-video film Plantasm, a stand-alone sequel to Colon Movie Film for Theaters from 2007. Render had previously appeared in the season four episode, "Boost Mobile" voicing a talking Boost Mobile cellphone, and performed the theme song for the film with Jaime "El-P" Meline under the rap duo, Run the Jewels. | [207] | ||
| Zach Tyler Eisen (Avatar Aang) Mae Whitman (Katara) Jack DeSena (Sokka) Michaela Jill Murphy (Toph Beifong) | | Eric Nam (Avatar Aang) Jessica Matten (Katara) Román Zaragoza (Sokka) Dionne Quan (Toph Beifong) | Aang: The Last Airbender | Avatar Aang Katara Sokka Toph Beifong | Apr 18, 2024 | Mae Whitman revealed in an interview in May 2023 that she would not be reprising the role of Katara from the Avatar: The Last Airbender television series in a forthcoming feature film. The recast was later announced at the CinemaCon 2024 event, with four of the principal characters as young adults now voiced by actors of Asian and Indigenous descent at the behest of Nickelodeon. | [208] [209] [210] |
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John DiMaggio | Nuufolau Seanoa | Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League | Nanaue / King Shark | Aug 22, 2020 | While John DiMaggio voiced King Shark in the 2014 direct-to-video movie, Batman: Assault on Arkham , which was set in the universe of the Batman: Arkham video game series, he was replaced by wrestler Nuufolau "Samoa Joe" Seanoa in a spin-off title starring the Suicide Squad, which was revealed during DC Fandome in 2020. Before the announcement, DiMaggio then reprised the role in the DC Animated Movie Universe finale, Justice League Dark: Apokolips War earlier that same year. | [211] [212] | ||
| Christy Carlson Romano Mae Whitman | Suzie Yeung | Final Fantasy VII remake trilogy | Yuffie Kisaragi | Apr 13, 2021 | Christy Carlson Romano originally voiced Yuffie in the original Kingdom Hearts from 2002 and reprised the role in the animated movie, Advent Children four years later in 2006 around when Mae Whitman took over in both the sequel, Kingdom Hearts II and Dirge of Cerberus that same year due to Romano attending college during that period. Starting with the standalone Intergrade expansion for Remake , the role later went to Suzie Yeung. She would later continue to voice Yuffie again in the next installment, Rebirth in 2024. | [213] | |
Erin Fitzgerald | Laura Stahl | Guilty Gear Strive | Ramlethal Valentine | May 14, 2021 | As Fitzgerald originally voiced Valentine in Guilty Gear Xrd in 2014, the role was given to Stahl starting with the English-language version of Strive. | [214] [215] [216] | ||
| Taliesin Jaffe (Blanka) Laura Bailey (Chun-Li) Christopher Bevins (Dhalsim) Richard Epcar (Akuma) | Luis Bermudez (Blanka) Jennie Kwan (Chun-Li) Keith Silverstein (Dhalsim) Christopher Guerrero (Akuma) | Street Fighter 6 | Blanka Chun-Li Dhalsim Akuma | Jun 11, 2022 | Taliesin Jaffe, Laura Bailey, and Christopher Bevins first voiced Blanka, Chun-Li, and Dhalsim in Street Fighter IV in 2009, though Bailey was replaced by Ashly Burch in Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite in 2017. She last reprised Chun-Li as paid content for Power Rangers: Battle for the Grid in 2021. Keith Silverstein had previously voiced Gouken in Street Fighter V in 2016 before voicing Dhalsim. As Richard Epcar voiced Akuma in V, he was replaced by Christopher Guerrero in the game's season pass for downloadable content. | [217] [218] | |
Erika Harlacher | Anairis Quiñones | River City Girls 2 | Noize | Dec 6, 2022 | Erika Harlacher originally voiced Noize in the first River City Girls title in 2019. She later voiced Marian in the sequel after Anairis Quiñones took over the role of Noize. | [219] [220] | ||
Townsend Coleman | Yuki Matsuzaki | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's Revenge | Miyamoto Usagi | Jun 13, 2023 | Townsend Coleman originally voiced Miyamoto Usagi in the 1987 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles animated series. For the Dimension Shellshock expansion of Shredder's Revenge, a game inspired by the 1987 series released in June 2022, Yuki Matsuzaki replaced Coleman as the character. Matsuzaki had previous experience voicing Miyamoto Usagi in both the 2012 animated series and Samurai Rabbit: The Usagi Chronicles prior. | [221] | ||
| Steve Blum (Sub-Zero) Jennifer Hale (Tanya) Dave B. Mitchell (Geras) Tara Strong (Li-Mei) Ronald M. Banks (Quan Chi) | | Kaiji Tang (Sub-Zero) Cherise Boothe (Tanya) Phil LaMarr (Geras) Kelly Hu (Li-Mei) Sean T. Krishnan (Quan Chi) | Mortal Kombat 1 | All non-white originated roles | Jul 15, 2023 | Starting with the twelfth installment of the Mortal Kombat series; several white actors were recast in favor of ethnic-related castings. Kaiji Tang replaced Steve Blum as Sub-Zero after voicing the Kuai Liang incarnation since the series' tenth installment, Mortal Kombat X , with later subsequent appearances in Injustice 2 , Mortal Kombat 11 and the direct-to-video animated film Mortal Kombat Legends: Scorpion's Revenge . Both Cherise Boothe and Kelly Hu replaced Jennifer Hale and Tara Strong as both Tanya and Li-Mei also from X, with the latter being a non-playable fighter in the same title. Sean T. Krishnan replaced Ronald M. Banks as Quan Chi, after voicing the character seven years after the crossover title, Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe . Phil LaMarr replaced Dave B. Mitchell as Geras, who first originated in 11. Despite stepping down from both Sub-Zero and Tanya, Blum and Hale instead reprised their roles as Baraka and Kronika. | [222] [223] [224] [225] |
Daveigh Chase | Micah Alling | Disney Speedstorm | Lilo Pelekai ( Lilo & Stitch ) | Aug 1, 2023 | Starting with the third-season update of the free-to-play racing title, Micah Alling assumes the role of Lilo Pelekai from her original voice actress Daveigh Chase, who had grown out of the role since the conclusion of the television series in 2006. Alling would later voice Lilo again in a Disney-themed promotion for Cookie Run: Kingdom . | [226] | ||
Jamieson Price | Rich Brown | Detective Pikachu Returns | Frank Holiday | Oct 6, 2023 | Rich Brown assumed the role from Jamieson Price, who originally voiced Frank Holiday in the first Detective Pikachu title from 2018. | [227] | ||
Janet Varney (Avatar Korra) Peter Renaday (Splinter) | Jacqueline Grace Lopez (Avatar Korra) Hoon Lee (Splinter) | Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl 2 | Avatar Korra ( The Legend of Korra ) Hamato Yoshi / Splinter ( Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles ) | Nov 7, 2023 | After voicing Korra for a decade in both The Legend of Korra television series and several games in the years after the show's conclusion, Janet Varney confirmed at MCM London Comic Con 2022 that she would no longer reprise the role in the future; as her final performance for the character was in Nickelodeon Kart Racers 3: Slime Speedway . She insisted on having a woman of color in the role, as Jacqueline Grace Lopez replaced her the next year. Hoon Lee replaced Peter Renaday as the Hamato Yoshi Splinter from the 1987 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles animated series. By interest, Lee had previously voiced a different incarnation of Splinter in the 2012 animated series, due to Renaday's retirement from voice acting in the late 2010s. | [228] [229] | ||
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Stuart Daniel Baker | Tracy Morgan | Squidbillies | Early Cuyler | Aug 16, 2020 [lower-alpha 10] | Stuart "Unknown Hinson" Baker was fired from the series for controversial comments towards the Black Lives Matter movement and country singer Dolly Parton. A response posted on Facebook by Baker claimed that being fired from Squidbillies ruined his life. The response was later deleted. The thirteenth and final season of Squidbillies premiered on November 7, 2021, with Baker being replaced by Tracy Morgan. | [230] [231] | ||
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Magic: The Gathering | Jun 10, 2020 | Wizards of the Coast announced that it was pulling seven cards, including "Invoke Prejudice", [lower-alpha 11] "Cleanse", [lower-alpha 12] "Jihad", and "Pradesh Gypsies", after being accused of "pervasive ongoing racism" not only in its card design but also in its employment practices. The announcement did not address the employment issues. | [234] [235] [236] [232] [237] [233] | |
Dungeons & Dragons | Jun 17, 2020 | Wizards of the Coast admitted that "some of the peoples in the games—orcs and drow being two of the prime examples—have been characterized as monstrous and evil", and committed to making changes, such as depicting "orcs and drow [as] just as morally and culturally complex as other peoples" in their books and "proactively seeking new, diverse talent to join [their] staff". | [238] [239] [240] | |
Fortnite | Jun 17, 2020 | Players noted the removal of police cars from the game as early as June 17, 2020. Developer Epic Games declined to comment, though an unnamed person "familiar with the game's development" stated, "I wouldn't say it's a political statement. I think it's just us being sensitive about the issues many people in our audience are dealing with." Cars were not functional within the game, so the removal of police cars was merely a cosmetic change. | [241] [242] [243] | |
Forza | Jun 26, 2020 | Turn 10 Studios updated their enforcement guidelines in Forza games to include the Confederate flag under "Notorious iconography" and administer a ban for any further use under any circumstances. The games are known for their livery editors where players could create thousands of layers of graphics to draw shapes, letters, and pictures. A prominent use of the flag in-game was to create virtual replicas of the General Lee from The Dukes of Hazzard . | [244] [245] | |
Scrabble | Jul 7, 2020 | Hasbro and the North American Scrabble Players Association agreed to remove 225 words from official Scrabble competition. Hasbro said it will "make clear that slurs are not permissible in any form of the game." | [246] [247] [248] | |
Grand Theft Auto | Oct 25, 2021 | Before the release of Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy – The Definitive Edition , media outlets noted that Rockstar Games removed textures of the Confederate flag in one of the character's shirts, replacing it with a skull. | [249] [250] |
Product | Country | Reported | Executed | Details | Ref. | |
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Límpido (bleach) | Colombia | Jun 19, 2020 | Jun 19, 2020 | The parent company Clorox stated that the brand would no longer use the image of "Blanquita", a character derived from the "mammy" racial stereotype. | [252] | |
Good Humor (ice cream) | United States | Aug 13, 2020 | Aug 13, 2020 | The ice cream company hired RZA from the Wu-Tang Clan to create a jingle to replace the familiar "Turkey in the Straw" melody heard in its ice cream trucks because of the early 19th-century folk song's associations with minstrel shows, blackface and racist lyrics. | [253] [254] | |
Hallmark | United States | Aug 27, 2020 | Aug 27, 2020 | In wake of the retheming of Splash Mountain, Hallmark pulled a Mickey Mouse ornament that played "Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah" from its 2020 ornament line-up. | [255] | |
Fred Perry (clothing) | United Kingdom | Sep 24, 2020 | Sep 24, 2020 | The clothing company announced they are retiring the Black/Yellow/Yellow twin tipped shirt that was "appropriated" by the Proud Boys. | [256] [257] [258] |
Item changed | Location | Reported | Details | Ref. | |
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Skin tone preferences | Shaadi.com | Jun 11, 2020 | The decision was made due to a petition shared online on the basis of eliminating colorism. | [259] | |
Reference to the Robert E. Lee Tree | Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Park's website | Jun 23, 2020 | The name of the Robert E. Lee tree was removed from a website listing the world's largest sequoias in order to "promote inclusiveness." The name of the tree cannot be changed without the approval of either Congress or the leadership of the National Park Service. | [260] | |
ΔΤΔ | Delta Tau Delta fraternity, Lambda chapter | Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN | Jul 15, 2020 | Members of the fraternity disbanded their chapter and called for disbanding the "Interfraternity Council and Pan-Hellenic System" because "[h]istorically white Greek Life is an institution that has wielded an enormous amount of social, academic and financial capital in a way that has done immense personal and structural harm to our fellow classmates." The move comes amid "[n]ationwide social justice movements that have taken place over the past few months." | [261] [262] |
Ethnic and social justice studies requirement | California State University system | Jul 23, 2020 | The Cal State Board of Trustees approved making a one-course graduation requirement in ethnic and social justice studies. The first change in Cal State's general education curriculum in over 40 years, it will be required from the 2023–2024 academic year. | [263] | |
Frölunda HC logo and nickname | Gothenburg, Sweden | Sep 17, 2020 | The Swedish Hockey League ice hockey team announced that they would stop using the Frölunda Indians moniker as well as its logo depicting a Native American. Due to financial and practical reasons, however, the team continued to use their current jerseys for the 2020–21 SHL season. After backlash from a proposed redesign in February 2022, the team updated their logo on April 20, 2022. | [264] [265] | |
Mutual of Omaha logo | Omaha, Nebraska | Nov 12, 2020 | The insurance and finance company retired its 70-year-old Indian chief head logo, replacing it with an African lion, partly as a nod to its long-time sponsorship of the television program Wild Kingdom . | [267] |
Dixie is a nickname for the populated, lower-elevation area of south-central Washington County, the southwest corner of the State of Utah. The area lies in the northeastern Mojave Desert, south of Black Ridge and west of the Hurricane Cliffs. Its winter climate is significantly more mild than the rest of Utah.
Eric Bauza is a Canadian-born voice actor based in the United States. He is most known for voicing several Looney Tunes characters, for which he won two Emmy Awards for his performances in Looney Tunes Cartoons (2020–2023) and Bugs Bunny Builders (2022–present). Other notable roles include Puss in Boots in The Adventures of Puss in Boots (2015–2018) and Baby Fozzie in Muppet Babies (2018–2022).
Bryce Papenbrook is an American voice actor. He typically provides voices for English versions of several Japanese anime series, particularly those of young male protagonists.
Cherami Leigh is an American actress. She has provided voices for a number of English-language versions of anime series and video games.
"Advanced Dungeons & Dragons" is the fourteenth episode of the second season of the American comedy television series Community and the thirty-ninth episode overall. It was originally broadcast on February 3, 2011, on NBC. It was written by Andrew Guest and directed by Joe Russo. In the episode, the study group plays a game of Dungeons & Dragons to cheer up a fellow student Neil after he becomes depressed. However, when Pierce learns he was not invited, he begins working against the rest of the group.
Hey Reb! was a mascot for the UNLV Rebels, the athletic teams of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas in Paradise, Nevada, USA. He performed live at all UNLV athletic events. The mascot, Hey Reb!, was first created in 1983 to depict the embodiment of an independent, rebel spirit at UNLV athletic events, intended as a tribute to western settlers.
Xanthe Huynh is an American voice actress known for her voicework in English dubs of anime series. Her most well known roles include Haru Okumura in Persona 5, Ui Hirasawa in K-On!, Altina Orion in The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel II, Alluka Zoldyck in Hunter × Hunter, Yuna in Yuki Yuna is a Hero, Hanayo Koizumi in Love Live!,, Marianne in Fire Emblem: Three Houses, Meiko "Menma" Honma in Anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day, and Sachi in Sword Art Online.
Lucifer is an American urban fantasy television series developed by Tom Kapinos that began airing on January 25, 2016, and concluded on September 10, 2021. It revolves around Lucifer Morningstar, an alternate version of the DC Comics character of the same name created by Neil Gaiman, Sam Kieth, and Mike Dringenberg. In the series, Lucifer is the devil but abandons Hell to run a nightclub in Los Angeles, subsequently experiencing massive life changes when he becomes a consultant to the Los Angeles Police Department. The supporting cast includes Lauren German, Kevin Alejandro, D. B. Woodside, Lesley-Ann Brandt, Rachael Harris, and Aimee Garcia.
Brittany Ann Byuarm Newsome Bass is an American filmmaker, activist and speaker from Charlotte, North Carolina. She is best known for her act of civil disobedience on June 27, 2015, when she was arrested for removing the Confederate flag from the South Carolina state house grounds in the aftermath of the Charleston church shooting. The resulting publicity put pressure on state officials to remove the flag, and it was taken down permanently on July 10, 2015.
Although the Confederate States of America dissolved at the end of the American Civil War (1861–1865), its battle flag continues to be displayed as a symbol. The modern display began during the 1948 United States presidential election when it was used by the Dixiecrats, a political party that opposed civil rights for African Americans. Further display of the flag was a response to the civil rights movement and the passage of federal civil rights laws in the 1950s and 1960s.
Final Space is an adult animated space opera comedy drama television series created by Olan Rogers and developed by Rogers and David Sacks. The series involves an astronaut named Gary Goodspeed and his immensely powerful alien friend Mooncake, and focuses on their intergalactic adventures as they try to save the universe from certain doom.
Kyle McCarley is an American voice actor known for his work in video games and anime. In anime, he is known as the voice of Shigeo Kageyama from Mob Psycho 100, Mikazuki Augus from Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans, Shinji Mato from Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works and Fate/stay night: Heaven's Feel, Koku from B: The Beginning, Red Son from Lego Monkie Kid, Ryota Watari from Your Lie in April, Killy from Blame, Narancia Ghirga from JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Vento Aureo, Joe Shimamura from Cyborg 009: Call of Justice and Helbram from The Seven Deadly Sins. In video games, he is known for his performances as lead characters 9S from Nier: Automata, Zeroken from Disgaea 5, Alm in Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia, Gatekeeper in Fire Emblem: Three Houses, Harry Potter in Harry Potter: Wizards Unite and the comedic role of Doi in Hi Score Girl and as his role as Wizard Cookie in Cookie Run: Kingdom.
Disenchantment is an American animated fantasy sitcom created by Matt Groening for Netflix. The series is Groening's first production to appear exclusively on a streaming service; he previously created The Simpsons and Futurama for Fox. Set in the fictitious medieval fantasy kingdom of Dreamland, the series follows the story of Bean, a rebellious alcoholic princess as well as her naïve elf companion Elfo and her destructive "personal demon" Luci. Disenchantment stars the voices of Abbi Jacobson, Eric André, Nat Faxon, John DiMaggio, Tress MacNeille, Matt Berry, David Herman, Maurice LaMarche, Lucy Montgomery, and Billy West.
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Christopher Edwin Niosi, also known by his pseudonym Kirbopher, is an American voice actor, animator, and producer. His voice-work includes Lord Uroko in Nagi-Asu: A Lull in the Sea, Arataka Reigen in Mob Psycho 100, Dezel in Tales of Zestiria, Taira in Queen's Blade Rebellion, Tetsuya Kinomoto in Dr. Stone, Khoury and others in the Pokémon series, Ernesto and others in OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes, Pegasus in the Viz Media dub of Sailor Moon, Haruo Sakaki in Godzilla: Planet of the Monsters, Godzilla: City on the Edge of Battle, and Godzilla: The Planet Eater, and Therion and Mattias in Octopath Traveler.
Close Enough is an American adult animated sitcom created by J. G. Quintel. Originally intended to air on TBS in 2017, the project faced various delays and setbacks before eventually premiering on HBO Max on July 9, 2020. The series has received positive reviews, with critics comparing it favorably to Quintel's previous series, Regular Show, which aired on Cartoon Network from 2010 to 2017.
The George Floyd protests were a series of demonstrations against police brutality and riots that began in Minneapolis in the United States on May 26, 2020. The protests and civil unrest began in Minneapolis as reactions to the murder of George Floyd, a 46-year-old unarmed African American man, by city police during an arrest. They spread nationally and internationally. Veteran officer Derek Chauvin was recorded as kneeling on Floyd's neck for 9 minutes and 29 seconds; Floyd complained of not being able to breathe, but three other officers looked on and prevented passers-by from intervening. Chauvin and the other three officers involved were later arrested. In April 2021, Chauvin was found guilty of second-degree murder, third-degree murder, and second-degree manslaughter. In June 2021, Chauvin was sentenced to 22+1⁄2 years in prison.
In the 2020s, LGBTQ representation in animated series and animated films became more pronounced than it had in the 2010s, or 2000s when it came to Western animation. This included series like The Owl House, Harley Quinn, Adventure Time: Distant Lands, RWBY, and Dead End: Paranormal Park. Series like She-Ra and the Princesses of Power, Steven Universe Future, The Hollow, and Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts, which had various LGBTQ characters, came to an end in 2020, and Gen:Lock came to an end in 2021. An upcoming season of Hazbin Hotel was hinted at, while an animated adaption of Lumberjanes was in development.
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has generic name (help)She is currently the female lead of George RR Martin and Robert Reford's [ sic ] executive produced new TV series "Dark Winds" for the AMC Network, the star of Lebron James' "Rez Ball" for Netflix in 2024, [and] the voice of Katara in "Avatar the Last Airbender"'s new feature film for Paramount Studios in 2025.
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