Is there an actual term for replacing White characters with brown ones?

[KostasKouvalis]

I just say "Brown Dirtying", since it's the opposite of "White Washing", but I don't know if that's the correct term.

[JazzieJanna]

I mean I feel like that shouldn't be allowed they should just leave the characters alone because they are not only changing the characters but basically the story

[KostasKouvalis]

Yes. I agree. Why can't they just invent their own instead of stealing ours?

[JazzieJanna]

a lot of it has a lot to do with the industry itself.

[Maybe_Maybe_not]

If whitewashing is "a casting practice in the film industry in which white actors are cast in non-white roles" then terminology you're looking for could be... POCwashing? Which would be defined then as: "a casting practice in the film industry in which POC actors are cast in white roles"

[AviatorTom]

Yes, it's the worst kind of woke.

[Anonymous]

I think it's race swapping or woke-washing

[KostasKouvalis]

Too.

[AI Opinion]

There isn’t a widely accepted, neutral term equivalent to “whitewashing” for casting more Black or brown actors.

People sometimes say “racebending” or “race swapping,” but those are descriptive, not inherently negative. Phrases like “brown dirtying” are racist and dehumanizing, since they imply non‑white people make something “dirty.”

If adaptations diversify characters, it’s usually framed as inclusive or color-conscious casting. 🎬

[MrChinaski]

'Modernising' would broadly encompass that