I'm pretty sure the consensus is that the Samis are completely European, they're just descendants of a very weird subset of Europeans. People claiming they whitewashed Samis are hilarious and almost certainly Americans looking for another racial argument, Samis are absolutely white by American standards. Whether they correctly portrayed Sami culture is another question.
Samis don't speak an Indo-European language and their language origins appear to be Asian/Siberian, and I believe some may score a little bit of Asian dna and some look very Asian. I don't know what your average Sami sees themselves racially or culturally, but I'm sure they consider themselves European and not Asian.
I agree though. While whose white varies from what society or person you ask, Samis are white by American standards.
On the topic of "whitewashing", what about the reverse. Like Jasmine from Aladdin. She's considered white in America but they cast a "POC" actress to play her. Why aren't people crying "Brownwashing"? I guess it only works one way for SJWs.
Samis are definitely European, even if some of their genetics can be traced back to Siberia and some of them have Asian features (much like Finns, and their languages also belong to the same linguistic family). American social justice argument seekers might consider them "people of color" because they believe oppression of huwhite Europeans has never existed, but saying that Samis aren't European because they have a bit of Asian ancestry is like saying that Indians with Proto-Indo-European ancestry aren't South Asian.
Contrary to some SJWs, I'm sure though many Samis consider themselves European both culturally and Ethnically.
I will say this though. If any Sami does want to see themselves as "mixed", "POC", "white" or "non-white" or whatever, that should up to them to choose and it's no skin off anyone's back. They're just labels and they shouldn't be policed because of an SJW's views on who can and can't be "oppressed" LOL.
But remember when they made a big deal about how the shitty live-action Beauty and the Beast would have an openly gay character? And how it hurt the film in a number of countries? And it turned out that that was barely mentioned?
If they do decide to put a gay character in this new film, I can see them going that way again.
When I heard of that "gay" character I knew Disney would play it safe. It was like one second of two guys dancing and that could mean anything (like two guys dancing together because all the others girls were taken).
There was an uproar by some in Alabama I believe, Malaysia and Russia. It passed China's sensors. But eventually I think Malaysia, Russia and Alabamans screened the movie because I know I saw box office numbers for the countries that were originally against it.
Wouldn't just be China, most countries tend to frown upon openly homosexual characters. Hell, I think a lot of parents in America would be weirded out at the thought of their children being exposed to such things at a young age.
So, alienating the vast majority of movie audiences just to a appease a vocal minority is not exactly the best idea.
The only Major overseas markets that would probably have a problem and maybe outeright ban a movie with a gay character would be Russia and China. Then you'd probably get a bunch of minor markets, some of Eastern Europe, North African, Middle Eastern and Muslim Southeast Asian countries. In China studios only take 25% of the box office there, while other overseas markets is probably 40-45%. (Don't have a source, this was mentioned on a Box office website I use to visit years ago)
But I do believe a lot of American parents are uncomfortable with the idea of their children seeing two guys or girls kiss. And that could hurt domestic numbers. Domestically I believe studios take home 55% of the domestic box office, so domestic is usually their first priority. Disney sure as hell ain't gonna let dollars go to waste so I don't know why any of those crazies on Social Media are "cheering" at this
supposed lesbian character.
Any movie with "gay" content is only okay if it's subtle/in undertones. Bohemian Rhapsody has made like 800M worldwide. It's the highest grossing music biopicture ever I think. And Freddie was gay. The key was though none of the "gay" content I believe was in your face. So many countries didn't have a problem with it. The only reason why China never got the film was because they have a blackout period to let their own movie industry flourish or something like that. I don't think Queen is popular there so it probably wouldn't have mattered.
