Sacrifice

I never understand why Hollywood series would think it is okay to use African Americans who are of West African descent (most often mixed with substantial North European ancestry too) play the roles of East Africans and especially those from Ethiopia or Somalia, you look VERY different from other Africans. For a series that is all about reading subtle facial expressions, Not being able to distinguish facial traits of West Africans and Somali people is just as bad as not being able to distinguish basic human emotions on one's face. Of course the easy explanation is that Hollywood producers just don't care because a black person is a black person, right? But it would be like casting a Finnish actor to play the role of her Greek or Portuguese person. That would look ridiculous to most white people. So why is it ok to put all black people in the same basket?