Picspam: The West Wing Race!Swap Casting

[lirazel]

Aaron Sorkin is a ridiculously talented man. The West Wing is a ridiculously awesome show. But one way in which they both fail is in portrayals of people of color. Charlie Young was written into the show specifically because they didn't have any characters of color--the epitome of tokenism. But our world isn't whitewashed, and neither is the White House, and this is what it might look like if the characters from The West Wing had their races swapped.

Thanks to gingerwall for helping me find a Leo! You're the best!

Note: I haven't made it past Season 5 of the show yet because I am a bad person. So think of this as a race!swap for the first four seasons.


The West Wing: A Race!Swap Casting





Avery Brooks as President Josiah "Jed" Bartlet





Robert Guillaume as Leo McGarry





Tamara Taylor as CJ Cregg





Alexander Siddig as Toby Ziegler





Daniel Dae Kim as Josh Lyman






Enrique Murciano as Sam Seaborn





Dichen Lachman as Donna Moss





Shohreh Aghdashloo as Abbey Bartlet





Anton Yelchin as Charlie Young





Jay Hernandez as Will Bailey






Jasika Nicole as Mandy Hampton






Cicely Tyson as Mrs. Landingham





Irrfan Khan as Danny Concannon






Jessica Sula as Zoey Bartlet






Maggie Q as Amy Gardner






Kerry Washington as Ainsley Hayes






Archie Panjabi as Andrea Wyatt