Rupert Murdoch arrives to the 2014 Vanity Fair Oscar Party on Sunday, March 2, 2014 in West Hollywood, California. AFP PHOTO/ADRIAN SANCHEZ-GONZALEZ (Photo credit should read ADRIAN SANCHEZ-GONZALEZ/AFP/Getty Images) | ADRIAN SANCHEZ-GONZALEZ via Getty Images
Rupert Murdoch took to Twitter Friday to defend the casting of white actors in the upcoming Ridley Scott film "Exodus: Gods and Kings," which stars Christian Bale as Moses and is set in Egypt.
"Moses film attacked on Twitter for all white cast," tweeted Murdoch, who, through 21st Century Fox, will distribute the film. "Since when are Egyptians not white? All I know are."
Following an onslaught of backlash on Twitter, Murdoch continued to dig himself even deeper:
Everybody-attacks last tweet. Of course Egyptians are Middle Eastern, but far from black. They treated blacks as slaves.
— Rupert Murdoch (@rupertmurdoch) November 29, 2014
Okay, there are many shades of color. Nothing racist about that, so calm down!
— Rupert Murdoch (@rupertmurdoch) November 29, 2014
! The response on Twitter ranged from outrage to bafflement to ridicule:
@rupertmurdoch @jude008 Surely you're old enough to have met Cleopatra ?
— Angie Ewart (@AngieEwart) November 29, 2014
.@rupertmurdoch You are too wealthy to be this stupid.
— Deus Ex Machina (@TheReelAnderson) November 29, 2014
Advice:
1) Read about 'race' & 'imperialism'
2) Read anything
3) Never write
4) Read a lot more
@rupertmurdoch pic.twitter.com/W1iP0CEGjV
— dalia ☥ (@daliamalek) November 29, 2014
H/T Guardian
Source : http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/12/01/rupert-murdoch-exodus-defends-exodus-casting_n_6248464.html?utm_hp_ref=business&ir=Business
