Tyler Blackburn of Roswell/Pretty Little Liars fame "oops, I may be white?"

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[burntxtoashes]

But even if his great grandmother actually was Native American, that would make him what like...1/16th or something? Surely not enough to get cast off for a character that was supposed to be 1/2?

[elderpricely]

mte

[slaygalthessily]

Tbh, when I first read about it, it sounded like pll was looking for any percentage of native ancestry. And he believed his grandmother and didn’t argue or try and find out for sure.

[sitakhet]

Considering what Hollywood is like, 1/16th is probably exactly what they mean when they say, quoting the above, "very ethnic" rather than the usual "spicy white."

[missjersey]

Mess

[disgruntledyawn]

The mess of this all. A white man claiming to be Native American on the basis of 1/16 ancestry to take a job from an NA actor and using genetics as the barometer of indigeneity instead of the culture you have absolutely no knowledge or experience of.

[likeanunmadebed]

Why is there even a Wine Moms podcast??

[burntxtoashes]

Probably so Holly can complain about something

[buzzybhn]

I truly don't get how Pretty Little Liars has been able to suck every last drop out of its fanbase

[coventgarden]

Yeah, I wa thinking, isn’t this like 4-5 years late??

[caitiecait]

I-hm. This is not a funny anecdote