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04-02-2023, 05:41 PM
https://www.nickiswift.com/1241790/mindy-kalings-biggest-controversies/
The Mindy Project was criticized for its lack of diversity
"Please let this date be good. May he have the wealth of Mayor Bloomberg. The personality of Jon Stewart. The face of Michael Fassbender," so said Mindy Kaling's alter ego in "The Mindy Project." This joke is reflective of an accusation that has long plagued the actor: is Mindy Kaling utterly obsessed with white men (including long-time rumored beau BJ Novak (https://www.nickiswift.com/120143/strange-things-mindy-kaling-bj-novaks-relationship/))? Chatting to the Los Angeles Times (https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/tv/la-xpm-2014-mar-29-la-et-st-mindy-project-diversity-20140329-story.html), Kaling conceded that she found such criticisms bizarre. "I think it's too bad that a small minority of people are fixated on the men who are in bed with me," she said. "I think that's a bit specific and weird."
But according to The Wrap (https://www.thewrap.com/shouldnt-mindy-date-someone-who-isnt-white-on-the-mindy-project/), Mindy's dating preference essentially told women of color that whiteness equals desirability, and dating said white guys was thus presented on the show as a measure of a woman's success. Moreover, Jezebel (https://jezebel.com/mindy-kaling-only-makes-out-with-white-guys-on-the-mind-504732390) denounced the depiction of the only Black woman on the show, Nurse Tamra, who is stereotypically sassy, positing that this characterization is intrinsically tied to Kaling's adulation of white people.
In an interview with Entertainment Weekly (https://ew.com/article/2013/08/01/mindy-project-white-guys/), Kaling maintained that she was being unfairly targeted for her onscreen dating preferences because of her ethnicity. "Do people really wonder on other shows if female leads are dating multicultural people..? I have to become the United Nations of shows?" she pondered.
The Mindy Project was criticized for its lack of diversity
"Please let this date be good. May he have the wealth of Mayor Bloomberg. The personality of Jon Stewart. The face of Michael Fassbender," so said Mindy Kaling's alter ego in "The Mindy Project." This joke is reflective of an accusation that has long plagued the actor: is Mindy Kaling utterly obsessed with white men (including long-time rumored beau BJ Novak (https://www.nickiswift.com/120143/strange-things-mindy-kaling-bj-novaks-relationship/))? Chatting to the Los Angeles Times (https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/tv/la-xpm-2014-mar-29-la-et-st-mindy-project-diversity-20140329-story.html), Kaling conceded that she found such criticisms bizarre. "I think it's too bad that a small minority of people are fixated on the men who are in bed with me," she said. "I think that's a bit specific and weird."
But according to The Wrap (https://www.thewrap.com/shouldnt-mindy-date-someone-who-isnt-white-on-the-mindy-project/), Mindy's dating preference essentially told women of color that whiteness equals desirability, and dating said white guys was thus presented on the show as a measure of a woman's success. Moreover, Jezebel (https://jezebel.com/mindy-kaling-only-makes-out-with-white-guys-on-the-mind-504732390) denounced the depiction of the only Black woman on the show, Nurse Tamra, who is stereotypically sassy, positing that this characterization is intrinsically tied to Kaling's adulation of white people.
In an interview with Entertainment Weekly (https://ew.com/article/2013/08/01/mindy-project-white-guys/), Kaling maintained that she was being unfairly targeted for her onscreen dating preferences because of her ethnicity. "Do people really wonder on other shows if female leads are dating multicultural people..? I have to become the United Nations of shows?" she pondered.