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EthnoWashing 

A blanket term that describes how Producers and/or Directors play fast and loose with character gender, phenomal variant or sexual orientation. Perhaps they think that appealing to everyone will gain them the audience of... everyone but it very quickly ceases to be amusing. In some cases it can even be disturbing.
They cast a black female as Ann Boleyn!
Decades before England knew black people existed? That is EthnoWashing.
EthnoWashing by CryHavoc February 5, 2021
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Ethnowashing 

When you hire a person from a minority ethnic background to speak and defend on behalf of your racist and xenophobic ideologies.
The chancellor of exchequer is a perfect example of ethnowashing. Taking a member of ethnic minority who represents racially biased ideology, where someone who is successful and from a minority is somehow an exception to the rule.
Ethnowashing by Jambalaya2 September 24, 2022

Inclusive Ethno-Washing 

A single term that describes Producers & Directors (Usually Television, Movies of Music Videos) that play fast and loose with gender, phenomal strain or sexual orientation regarding humankind along with including at least three of the four base human strains (Caucasoid, Mongoloid, Negroid) Perhaps it is thought that having broad representation will equal broad appeal. While some of this can be amusing or doesn't interfere with a story line, other instances of this can leave people shaking their heads (and in some cases can be dangerous).
Person 1: You see the latest version of The Stand? It is cool!
Person 2: The story line is still there but one gal with a German last name is now Hispanic, a white male character is now a Native American female and a second white male character is now black. So the minorities are going to be killed by the evil white people? This is politicized Inclusive Ethno-Washing designed to circumvent rational thought. (Dangerous).

Ann Boleyn is going to be black? England didn't even know blacks existed at that time. This is inane inclusive Ethno-Washing.

Fantastic Four reboot made the Storms step siblings. Needless to say, the Inclusive Ethno-Washing (A black Johnny Storm) didn't go over well.
Inclusive Ethno-Washing by CryHavoc February 4, 2021
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