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* The twins in the ''T* witches'' books are white, but the Disney Channel Original Movie cast the biracial twins Tia and Tamera Mowry of ''[[Sister, Sister]]'' fame. This may be mere [[Pragmatic Adaptation|pragmatic casting]]: If you need identical twins, there's only a few with proven acting experience, moreso if you need a certain age (or [[Dawson Casting|at least look like it]], and the Mowrys were already friendly with Disney.
* In the Adam West ''[[Batman]]'' series, not only did Catwoman get [[The Other Darrin|Other Darrined]], she received a Race Lift in the process. No one (except the audience) seemed to notice that Catwoman suddenly changed from being the very white Julie Newmar to the not-so white Eartha Kitt, and got about a foot shorter in the process.
* Salli Richardson-Whitfield has stated in interviews that the original script for ''[[Eureka]]'' called for her character, Alison Blake, to be a blonde, blue-eyed white woman.
* ''[[The Gruen Transfer]]'' featured an ad to appeal to rich parents to give their children ''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VOA2UR8CYLI Race Lifts.]''
* Happens to two characters in ''[[Legend of the Seeker]]''. In the [[Sword of Truth|book series]] it's based on, [[Badass|Chase]] is Caucasian, while he's a Maori in the show. And General Trimack, a full-blooded D'Haran<ref> Full blooded D'harans typically being white with blond hair and blue eyes</ref> who is noted in every appearance for his fiery red hair, is made black.
** Of course, the fans of the book care more about such things as Kahlan's eyes being blue instead of green (the show just has to rub it in, though, with every Confession shot focusing on her eyes) and [[Big Bad|Darken Rahl]] not having white hair (they did give his father Panis Rahl white hair in the flashbacks, though), even though [[Craig Parker]] previously played the blond Haldir in ''[[The Lord of the Rings (film)|Lord of the Rings]]: The Two Towers''.
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* "The Blind Banker", the second episode of BBC's ''[[Sherlock]]'', used Chinese [[Yellow Peril]] gangsters as the villains. In the ''[[Sherlock Holmes|original story]]'' the episode was based on, the villains were American gangsters from Chicago.
* In ''[[Game of Thrones]]'', pirate Salladhor Saan and merchant prince Xaro Xhoan Daxos are changed into emigrants from the Summer Isles and cast with actors of African descent. This was probably done to make them more visibly foreign and to diversify the cast. In the books, both characters come from cultures with light skin.
=== Stand-Up Comedy ===
* Frequently done for humorous effect by [[Flip Wilson]] during his years as a [[Stand-Up Comedy|stand-up comedian]]. For example, in one routine that can be heard on his 1960s-vintage album ''Cowboys and Colored People'', everyone involved with Columbus' discovery of America went from 15th-century Spanish to mid-20th Century Black Americans:
{{quote|Queen Isabelle was there, she'd had a few. "Chris gon' find [[Ray Charles]]!"}}
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=== Other ===
* The latest edition of the Parker Brothers ''[[Clue (game)|Clue]]'' board-game depicts Mr Green as a suave looking black guy, rather than the white and dumpy Reverend Green of yester-year.
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